Neph#JC Coffee mugs now available

It's a 15 oz (450 mL) mug because, let's face it, everyone knows that you have a coffee problem. No sense hiding it with a dainty cup. Go big. Zazzle swings NephJC a couple of bucks for every mug so we can start to pay off the hosting fees.

NephJC #2 - Atrasentan: Analytics and Transcript

A PDF of the transcript is available here.

NephJC coverage is linked to PubMed

Comment about #NephJC chat and author reactions posted on @pubmedcommons http://t.co/R3GBqvN5EP

— Nephrology Journal C (@NephJC) May 6, 2014

I fixed up the wikipedia article on atrasentan

The new journal club for Tuesday is a study of atrasentan for diabetic kidney disease. When I wrote introduction post I went to wikipedia and learned that atrasentan had been in trials as an antineoplastic agent. I went to the Twitter and asked if anyone was using it.

@MarkGaze is atrasartan still being investigated as a cancer treatment?

— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) May 9, 2014

@kidney_boy Not to my personal knowledge. Also US National Cancer Institute clinical trials database doesn't come up with anything either.

— MD FRCP FRCR (@MarkGaze) May 9, 2014

He then gave me the keys to the kingdom by showing me where to search NCI site for trials. Bingo.

“@MarkGaze: @kidney_boy http://t.co/HCSwEbjGQB then enter the name of the drug as a keyword and press search.”

— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) May 9, 2014

I was Quickly able to find the failed phase 3 trial and updated wikipedia.

@kidney_boy 994 patients required to demonstrate futility! We never get patient numbers like that in our paediatric trials.

— MD FRCP FRCR (@MarkGaze) May 9, 2014

Central American CKD

Why does the CKD screening matters? Because of this: http://t.co/HKuUTJgZvR @NephJC #nephJC

— Xavier F. Vela (@xaviervel) May 6, 2014

Swapnil likes it

. @kidney_boy Like it. 1. More people will read them (it's been on my 'to read' list!) 2. We can critique the evidence behind it. #NephJC

— swapnil hiremath (@hswapnil) May 6, 2014

Clinical practice guideline for #NephJC?

Though not a tradition subject for journal club, it seems that clinical practice guidelines have an important role in today’s practice (1/2)

— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) May 5, 2014

I propose the new hyponatremia guidelines for #NephJC http://t.co/hNGxibmNfy (2/2)

— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) May 5, 2014

What do people think about this? Is this appropriate for journal club or is this akin to doing a review article?

The #NephJC logo

Flattering coverage of the first NephJC

Kristina Fiore, friend of nephrology social media did a really nice post about NephJC.

Central American CKD Epidemic

Chronic kidney disease blast Central America: http://t.co/7Yxkf8uMfb #renalweek #kidneyweek #NephJC pic.twitter.com/4XyXCbkzma

— Xavier F. Vela (@xaviervel) May 1, 2014

May 13th is locked in for our next journal club

The article is chosen and we will reveal it next week. The article was submitted to us by multiple people via twitter, keep those suggestions coming. #NephJC

Tejas steps up...

Tejas Desai helpfully Storified the first NephJC discussion

Since #nephJC was on Twitter I didn't miss anything despite being in-air! See the recap here: https://t.co/XNDijQTKmF kudos @hswapnil & Co

— Nephrology On-Demand (@nephondemand) April 30, 2014

The first live tweet chat is a wrap!

22 people

251 tweets 

You can take a look at the analytics yourself here.

You can see the transcript or download the PDF (20 pages)

another one

Latest hope for DN: endothelin antagonists http://t.co/64hQ0rs5xX one for #NephJC? @NephJC @kidney_boy

— Paul Phelan (@paulphel) April 23, 2014

possible article

http://t.co/siLrMR1v7i Time for routine kidney biopsy in all patients (not just the risk ones) with suspected GN? Paper for #NephJC ?

— ChristosArgyropoulos (@ChristosArgyrop) April 23, 2014

Another possible article

Prenatal risk factors for childhood CKD in JASN -- a possible peg article for #NephJC? http://t.co/t7hmG91XXS

— NatureRevNephrology (@NatRevNeph) April 25, 2014

Possible future article

Atrasentan lowers residual albuminuria T2DM, but ... "manageable" fluid-overload. #NephJC #CJASN http://t.co/G5C6FT5PSu

— Ernesto LopezAlmaraz (@kidney_doctor) April 29, 2014

Some posts about the first NephJC

Some information on how to participate with NephJC at PBFluids.com.

eAJKD published a short post on NephJC by Joel.

The Renal Fellow Network posted a nice introduction to the journal club by Paul Phellan.

Challenge Accepted!

Can we keep the momentum for #NephJC going after the first two Journal Clubs?

@kidney_boy Main problem: how to get a large enough audience on a topic like neprhology.The 1st 2 times may not be a problem, but then?

— Laika (Jacqueline) (@laikas) April 28, 2014

Medium

We posted at Medium before we had NephJC.com up and running. You can find these posts here:

Nephrology Journal Club on Twitter

The whats, whys and whens explained

NephJC 1: CKD Screening Works

Educational programs improve survival of patients with CKD