We measure blood pressure in the clinic and we treat hypertension. And we should. We measure blood pressure in the hospital and we treat hypertension. But Should we?
Modern medical education doesn’t go to the comparative physiology well very often. So when we do, it is always fresh and exciting. Join the Filtrate as we explore the fascinating world of the Gila Monster and Mourning Dove.
Freely Filtered 059: Another dogma shredding trial about diuretics, this time torsemide goes up against king furosemide and its ability to prevent rehospitalization CV events.
Freely Filtered 060: Hydrochlorothiazide has long been said to prevent calcium-based kidney stones and then a well done blinded trial showed, that it’s complicated. Join The Filtrate for a masterclass on this landmark trial.
Freely Filtered 056: MYTEMP is the largest dialysis trial. 15,000 patients, 4.3 million dialysis treatments. We bring in lead PI Amit Garg to help break it down the trial and its implications.
Episode 043: Freely Filtered is excited to be the final PodCast of the first NephMadness PodCrawl and we are covering the best region of NephMadness, Animal House! Join us as we discuss the Giraffe versus Whale kidneys and the torpor strategies of the American Black Bear and the Lung Fish.
Episode 042: Minimal change disease has classically been described as having negative immunofluorescence and to not be antibody mediated. But here comes Dr Weans with a fresh study smashing this orthodoxy. She proposes anti-nephrin antibodies as the etiologic agent driving minimal change disease.