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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
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
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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

Time to vote for the Top Nephrology Stories of 2019

2019 marks the last yearly installment of Top Nephrology-Related Stories of this decade. It is also one of the longest yearly traditions in social media, with the first post appearing on Renal Fellow Network in 2010 top nephrology stories of the year.

One of the important parts of the tradition is that Top Nephrology Stories of the Year depends on the wisdom of the crowd.

**You will notice that MENTOR is not on the voting list. This is because it was included in 2017 (as number 7). Studies can only be included once.

We need you to vote for your favorites.

Votes will be counted Next Monday December 31th, 2019

Now is the time for you to vote. The ballot is here:


Creatinine to Cystatin C: Time to Change?

Creatinine to Cystatin C: Time to Change?

This week, we will discuss a paper from Nature Medicine. Cystatin C has been around for a while, but not taken off in routine practice. Is it time for it to do so? In this study, authors from Glasgow using the UKBiobank data show that cystatin C improves the prediction of bad outcomes.

Can difelikefalin scratch uremic pruritus?

Can difelikefalin scratch uremic pruritus?

This week we will be discussing the KALM-1 trial which was presented at the Late Breaking and High Impact Trial Session at the recently completed #KidneyWk. It was simultaneously published in the NEJM. Kalm-1 investigated whether difelikefalin, a opioid kappa agonist, decreased uremic pruritus.