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Flozinator
Blog
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Club de Articulos
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The Why, When and How
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Twitter Journal Club Primer
Who are we
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Seminars in Nephrology
Regarding Twitter...
Newsletter
June 8, 2025
Background
Brian Rifkin
STAMP of Approval: Tacrolimus vs MMF in ...

This week, we will discuss a pediatric nephrology trial: is tacrolimus superior to MMF in FRNS and SDNS?

STAMP of Approval: Tacrolimus vs MMF in Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome
May 26, 2025
Background
Cristina Adriana Popa
Advance-HTN: Return of the systolic order – ...

This week, we will discuss a NEJM trial on uncontrolled hypertension: lorundrostat, an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, aims at the hormonal dark side driving resistance.

Advance-HTN: Return of the systolic order – Lorundrostat’s role in restoring balance
May 12, 2025
Background
swapnil hiremath
Double Trouble: ddAVP and the Bleeding Biopsy

This week, we will discuss a double header: two single centre ddAVP trials in kidney biopsy from India.

Double Trouble: ddAVP and the Bleeding Biopsy
April 28, 2025
Background
Cristina Adriana Popa
Kidney Allografts-Play With Fire, Get Burned

This week, we will discuss the prognostic role of microvascular inflammation in kidney transplantation. Can the capillaries whisper their damage in lesions before antibodies speak? Maybe this study compels us to treat the injury we see, not just the disease we can name…

Kidney Allografts-Play With Fire, Get Burned
April 14, 2025
Background
swapnil hiremath
Metformin- Should I Stay or Should I Go

This week, we will discuss another target trial emulation study. The FDA says to stop metformin at a GFR of 30. Are they right?

Metformin- Should I Stay or Should I Go
joel topf
July 24, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 17- Dirty White Boy

joel topf
July 24, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 17- Dirty White Boy

Dr. Grubbs research career makes other doctors uncomfortable. This surprises Her.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Topf

joel topf
July 23, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 16- Changing times

joel topf
July 23, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 16- Changing times

Providing dialysis when patients shouldn't get it. Patients refusing dialysis when they should get it.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Madariaga

joel topf
July 23, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 15- Ready or Not

joel topf
July 23, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 15- Ready or Not

Some patients don't want to start dialysis when they need to. This is difficult for doctors. It is dangerous for patients.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Garcia

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 14- Expectations

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 14- Expectations

How does donating a kidney affect couples. How grateful should the donor be? How should they express this gratitude?

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Garcia

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 13- Horses

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 13- Horses

Tim Yau reviews chapter 13 and tells us why it matters to him.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Yau, Book club

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 12- Zebras

joel topf
July 22, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 12- Zebras

Grubbs takes us back to Roberts initial diagnosis and discusses how Zebras turn into horses.

Tagged: book club, Omar, 100s of Fingers

joel topf
July 20, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 11- Babies

joel topf
July 20, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 11- Babies

Babies during residency. Fertility treatment during fellowship. Dr. Grubbs writes about combining procreation with residency, kidney transplants and kidney donation.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, book club, Rheault

joel topf
July 20, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 10- Her

joel topf
July 20, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 10- Her

How Vanessa falls in love with the kidney despite being bruised by her nephrology fellowship.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, boo, Quinlan

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 9- Knuckleheads and Nerds

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 9- Knuckleheads and Nerds

The book takes us through the formative years of both Vanesa and Robert. Who do you think was the knucklehead?

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, book club, Silvi

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 8- The Candle is Lit

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 8- The Candle is Lit

Vanessa and Robert get married and Vanessa provides some details from her childhood, including the reason she became a doctor.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Garcia, Mentors

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 7- Another Dialysis Machine

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 7- Another Dialysis Machine

Robert kidney continues to give troubles. Another surgery. More Dialysis. A proposal.

Tagged: book club, 100s of Fingers, biruete, Transplant

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 6- Complications

joel topf
July 19, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 6- Complications

In Complications Robert and Vanessa experience the full gamut of emotions as the kidney starts out great but runs into trouble.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, Book club, Transplant, Bea

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 5- Peanut in a Box of Worms

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 5- Peanut in a Box of Worms

The history of kidney transplant in the time it takes to harvest the author's kidney.

Tagged: Topf, 100s of Fingers, book club, Transplant

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 4- The Other Robert Phillips

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 4- The Other Robert Phillips

Dr. Grubbs looks at the transplant system through the experience of two different Robert Phillips

Tagged: book club, 100s of Fingers, Reisinger

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 3- Bid Whist

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 3- Bid Whist

Edgr Lerma looks at chapter 3 of Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers and the unique perspective doctors have in the interpersonal relationships with people who have chronic diseases.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, book club, Lerma

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 2- Ulterior Motives

joel topf
July 18, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 2- Ulterior Motives

The love story unfolds as Vanessa meets Robert. She is smitten but tries to resist.

Tagged: 100s of Fingers, book club, Hiremath

joel topf
July 17, 2017
Commentary

Chapter 1- Someday Comes

joel topf
July 17, 2017
Commentary
Chapter 1- Someday Comes

Chapter One summary. We meet Robert on the day he learns that he needs to start dialysis. Day one of end-stage kidney disease.

Tagged: book club, scherly, 100s of Fingers

joel topf
July 17, 2017
Background

NephJC Summer Book Club: Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers

joel topf
July 17, 2017
Background
NephJC Summer Book Club: Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers

Here it is! The NephJC Summer Book Club returns. In this inaugural post Dr. Grubbs tells the backstory behind the book title and own journey from her initial idea for a book to becoming published author.

Tagged: book club, 100s of Fingers

joel topf
July 14, 2017
Meta

Vanessa Grubbs talks Interlaced Fingers on the Radio

joel topf
July 14, 2017
Meta

Just came across this on YouTube.

Tagged: 100s of Finger, book club

swapnil hiremath
July 10, 2017
Commentary

Peritoneal Dialysis: A Patient Perspective

swapnil hiremath
July 10, 2017
Commentary
Peritoneal Dialysis: A Patient Perspective

Susan Kjos tells her journey from diagnosis to hemodialysis to peritoneal and finally a transplant. She tells the real PD story from a person who did it every night. 

Tagged: ispd, PD, Patient Voice

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