This week, as an emergency chat, we will discuss some hot-off-the-press data. Published a few days ago, the first look at what happens in the kidneys.
MinTac: The Visual Abstract
The trial is from cJASN, so we do have a visual abstract from Pablo Garcia, in the cJASN style
And Omar as well created another visual abstract, in his own inimitable style
Minimal Role for Steroids in Minimal Change Disease?
TRANSPLANT
This page discusses the common questions transplant professionals as well as transplant patients may have with COVID-19. We have few facts and little evidence, and those are laid out below. Locally, the decisions being taken depend on local resources, logistics and other factors, and hence local practice may appropriately vary.
PEDIATRICS
COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly become a global pandemic. This review aims to complement the other NephJC pages with a focus on how children with kidney disease are impacted by this pandemic. Our aim is to review what we know about COVID-19 as it pertains to kidney disease in kids.
DIALYSIS and CKD
Byrd's Words: Preprints and Peer Review
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
As with all the other pages on COVID-19 here on NephJC, this page on AKI & the discussion are not meant to be treatment recommendations based on sound evidence. Our aim on this page is to merely discuss the science of what we know, and some of the biology and mechanisms as well as practical management aspects.
ACE2 and HYPERTENSION
There has been an unprecedented interest in this topic. Hence we have added more details and moved this section from the main page to a dedicated area with focus on hypertension and ACE2. Curated by Matt Sparks and Swapnil Hiremath, with additional expert input from the COVID-ACE2 workgroup
ISPD 2020 Recommendations: Dr Liew's Take
ISPD 2020 Recommendations: A Patient Commentary
ISPD 2020 Recommendations: The Visual Abstract
It is hard to do a visual abstract for guidelines.
But nothing’s too hard for NSMC graduate and now faculty, Krithika Mohan aka @krithicism
ISPD Practice Recommendations 2020 - From ‘Patient’ to ‘Person’
Nice PEXIVAS vs MEPEX infographic
Confused about how PEXIVAS reversed MEPEX? Maybe this infographic will help.
Nice work by NSM intern Namrata Parikh.
PEXIVAS: the Visual Abstract
perPLEXed by ANCA? Let PEXIVAS show you the path to less steroids and the end of plasma exchange
Visual Abstract on ANCA vasculitis and Myeloperoxidase Inhibition Attenuates Neutrophil Activation
Krithika Mohan came up big this with this week’s visual abstract
