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NephJC 2026 Fall Pledge Drive

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NephJC 2026 Fall Pledge Drive
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Brian Rifkin
REFINe-ing AI’s Role in Nephrology Diagnosis

This week, we will discuss the use of LLMs for the diagnosis of complex nephrology cases. Can AI help nephrologists nail the correct diagnosis?

REFINe-ing AI’s Role in Nephrology Diagnosis
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Akshaya J
Too sweet to be true? Prophylactic SGLT2 ...

MERCURI-2 reports that dapagliflozin cuts postoperative AKI after cardiac surgery, but the headline result is mostly a urine-output story, not a creatinine one. That matters: urine output after surgery is easily swayed by anesthesia, fluid shifts, vasopressors, and a diuretic drug in the mix. Until dapagliflozin shows it protects kidney function, not just urine output.

Too sweet to be true? Prophylactic SGLT2 inhibitors before cardiac surgery
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Cristina Adriana Popa
Buffering without benefit? The SODa-BIC study

This week, we will discuss SODaBIC trial: with ICU acidosis driven by multiple overlapping mechanisms, is bicarbonate infusion supported by robust evidence, or does it persist mainly out of habit rather than physiology?

Buffering without benefit? The SODa-BIC study
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Pallavi Prasad
Beyond Diabetic Kidney Disease: FIND-ing ...

FIND-CKD extends finerenone beyond diabetic kidney disease, showing slower eGFR decline and sustained albuminuria reduction in non-diabetic CKD. While the benefits are modest and cardiovascular effects remain uncertain, the trial opens the door to broader use of nsMRAs and raises important questions about combination therapy with SGLT2 inhibitors.

Beyond Diabetic Kidney Disease: FIND-ing Finerenone's Next Role

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Here is the final ballot:

Article of the Year

Engaged Scientist of the Year

Nathan Hellman Social Media Project of the Year

Most Valuable Player

Milagros Flores @dramiliflores.bsky.social

Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social

Akshaya Jaychandran @nephromommy-akshu.bsky.social

Visual Abstract of the Year

ISN-GKHA interactive map: From data to dialogue by Denisse Arellano

Akshaya Jaychandran ACHIEVE trial 

Husam Alzayer: incremental dialysis

Krithika Mohan: herb nephropathy

NephJC Social Justice Award

WHO kidney resolution and UN political declaration

World KIdney Day- Kidney health for all

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