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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
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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
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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
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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
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

Longer is Better, Except when it is Not, Really: Hemodialysis Edition

Longer is Better, Except when it is Not, Really: Hemodialysis Edition

The ACTIVE trial tested the hypothesis that longer dialysis would be better for quality of life. Sadly, this did not turn out to be the case. Is the end of longer being better? Join us as we dissect the study at the next NephJC.

IgA Nephropathy: Testing Steroids Again

IgA Nephropathy: Testing Steroids Again

Stop-IgAN suggested steroids may not be useful in patients with intermediate range proteinuria. Now, in a different population with more proteinuria, TESTING finds a mixed result: some benfit + more adverse events. Should we keep on TESTING? 

Spooky Sodium: The wrapup

Apart from the storify and transcript, don't miss the commentary from Rodby, and this summary from Paul Welling: