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Flozinator
Blog
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Club de Articulos
Code of Conduct
The Why, When and How
The NephJC Organization
Twitter Journal Club Primer
Who are we
Masthead
COVID19
Seminars in Nephrology
Regarding Twitter...
Newsletter
September 15, 2025
Background, summary
Brian Rifkin
PREVENT, Detect, Treat: What’s New in the 2025 ...

This week, we will discuss the AHA/ACC 2025 hypertension guideline update. Wow, have eight years flown by?

PREVENT, Detect, Treat: What’s New in the 2025 Hypertension Toolkit
September 1, 2025
Background
swapnil hiremath
In ESRD is spironolactone an overACHIEVEr?

This week, we will discuss the ACHIEVE trial. Will spironolactone achieve CV benefits in ESRD?

In ESRD is spironolactone an overACHIEVEr?
August 18, 2025
Background
joel topf
#NephJC Summer Bookclub: Everything is ...

The summer book club started in 2015, with one of the best books we have done in book club, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. I think it should be required reading for all physicians. So now, in 2025, it is the NephJC Summer Book’s tenth anniversary (which represents our eleventh book). The history has been rich:

#NephJC Summer Bookclub: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
August 4, 2025
Background
Cristina Adriana Popa
High or Low Phosphate? Are we Missing the ...

This week, we will discuss the phosphate targets in dialysis. Are you aiming for HIgh or Low?

High or Low Phosphate?  Are we Missing the (P)oint?
July 21, 2025
Background
Brian Rifkin
Mind The Gap: When eGFR Creatinine and Cystatin ...

This week, we will discuss the clinical significance of eGFRdiff, the difference in eGFRcys (cystatin C) and eGFRcr (creatinine).

Mind The Gap: When eGFR Creatinine and Cystatin C Disagree
joel topf
November 9, 2020
Commentary

Visual abstract for FIDELIO

joel topf
November 9, 2020
Commentary

Beautiful visual abstract by Dhwanil Patel

Tagged: fidelio, finerenone, diabetic kidney disease

joel topf
November 9, 2020

Voting for the #NephJCKidneys ends Friday

joel topf
November 9, 2020

The polls are still open. Be aware, we are not accepting mail-in ballots. You need to vote in-person to be counted (and by “in-person” we mean click this link)

Vote
swapnil hiremath
November 9, 2020
Background

Can Finerenone Fiddle the Forgotten A of the RAAS String?

swapnil hiremath
November 9, 2020
Background
Can Finerenone Fiddle the Forgotten A of the RAAS String?

This week, we will discuss whether the time has come to add mineralocorticoid antagonism to the RAS armamentarium. Can we surmount the hyperkalemia which is the commonest problem with these drugs? Let’s find out with FIDELIO.

Tagged: rajesh raj, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic kidney disease, fidelio, finerenone, nejm, rct, positive

joel topf
October 26, 2020
Meta

Time to vote for the 2020 #NephJCKidneys

joel topf
October 26, 2020
Meta
Time to vote for the 2020 #NephJCKidneys

Nominations are in. take a look at the slate below and vote for the ones who deserve to win a NephJC Kidney

Tagged: NephJC Kidneys, nephjckidneys, nephjc kidneys

swapnil hiremath
October 20, 2020
Background

Diabetes and the Kidney

swapnil hiremath
October 20, 2020
Background
Diabetes and the Kidney

This week, we will discuss the fresh-off-the-press KDIGO guidelines on Diabetes. RAS Blockade and SGLT2i, needless to say - but is there more? There is. Read on as we break it down for you.

Tagged: guidelines, penmatsa, denisse, diabetes, kdigo, kdigo-dm

swapnil hiremath
October 20, 2020
Commentary

KDIGO Guidelines on Diabetes: Visual Abstract

swapnil hiremath
October 20, 2020
Commentary

Guidelines always make for a difficult visual abstract. Priti Meena does a great job nevertheless.

Tagged: visual abstract, priti, kdigo-dm, kdigo, guidelines

joel topf
October 15, 2020
Meta

The NephJC Kidneys...You're late

joel topf
October 15, 2020
Meta
The NephJC Kidneys...You're late

The NephJC Kidneys are back and we need your nominations. Tweet #NephJCKidneys.

Tagged: NephJC Kidneys, nephjc kidneys, nephjckidneys

joel topf
October 6, 2020
Commentary

DAPA-CKD: A Catalyst for Change

joel topf
October 6, 2020
Commentary
DAPA-CKD: A Catalyst for Change

A patient perspective on the DAPACKD trial and how it can be a catalyst for change

Tagged: Patient Voice, patient voice, dapackd, fowler

swapnil hiremath
October 4, 2020
Commentary

DAPA-CKD: the visual abstract

swapnil hiremath
October 4, 2020
Commentary

Superb visual abstract from Denisse Arellano!

Tagged: visual abstract, denisse, dapackd, Visual Abstract

swapnil hiremath
October 4, 2020
Background

Dapperly Gliding into the Nondiabetic Arena

swapnil hiremath
October 4, 2020
Background
Dapperly Gliding into the Nondiabetic Arena

SGLT2 inhibitors lower MACE in Diabetes. Then they decrease kidney failure in DM. Then Heart Failure in DM and non-DM. And now decrease kidney failure in nonDM too! Let’s see how strong the data really is

Tagged: priti, dapackd, dapaglifozin, sglt2i, sglt2, nejm, rct, trial, positive, diabetes, ckd

joel topf
September 22, 2020
Background

Fluid restriction for SIADH has to work. Doesn't it?

joel topf
September 22, 2020
Background
Fluid restriction for SIADH has to work. Doesn't it?

This week, we discuss an RCT that tests if fluid restriction even works in SIAD.

Tagged: hyponatremia, fr in siad, anna gaddy, rct, trial, negative, Electrolytes

joel topf
September 22, 2020
Commentary

Fluid Restriction SIAD, the visual abstract

joel topf
September 22, 2020
Commentary

Pablo Galindo put together the visual abstract for this week’s NephJC

Tagged: visual abstract, Visual Abstract, FR in SIAD, fr in siad

joel topf
September 21, 2020
Commentary

From PCR and dipstick to an albumin creatinine ratio, in a podcast

joel topf
September 21, 2020
Commentary

The freely filtered gang got together to discuss this trial. Check it out.

Screen+Shot+2020-09-21+at+12.28.06+AM.jpg

Tagged: acr pcr, podcast

swapnil hiremath
September 8, 2020
Background

Can drug coating pop the balloon of dysfunctional dialysis access?

swapnil hiremath
September 8, 2020
Background
Can drug coating pop the balloon of dysfunctional dialysis access?

This week, we will discuss an unusual feature in nephrology: a trial in NEJM from nephrology that is positive. And on vascular access at that!

Tagged: dialysis, vascular access, ambruso, aisha shaikh, nejm, trial, rct, po\, dcb

swapnil hiremath
August 26, 2020
Commentary

In Shock, some illustration by Sudha Mannemuddhu

swapnil hiremath
August 26, 2020
Commentary
In Shock, some illustration by Sudha Mannemuddhu

Sudha, NSMC intern turned to powerpoint to express some of her thoughts of the book.

Tagged: in shock, commentary, book club, sudha

swapnil hiremath
August 25, 2020
Commentary

In Shock, Chapter 8: Censors of Light

swapnil hiremath
August 25, 2020
Commentary
In Shock, Chapter 8: Censors of Light

Rajesh Raj reviews chapter 8. Onbeing a doctor and showing your feelings. Is that a sign of weakness, or empathy?

Tagged: in shock, commentary, book club, rajesh raj

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary

In Shock, Chapter 2: A Hollowness

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary
In Shock, Chapter 2: A Hollowness

Chapter 2. Shifting Frames

Tagged: book club, in shock, ambruso

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary

In Shock, Chapter 6: Shifting Frames

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary
In Shock, Chapter 6: Shifting Frames

Chapter 6. Shifting Frames

Tagged: book club, in shock

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary

In Shock, Chapter 1: Bled White

joel topf
August 25, 2020
Commentary
In Shock, Chapter 1: Bled White

Chapter 1. Bled White

Tagged: book club, in shock

swapnil hiremath
August 24, 2020
Background

Rana Awdish's In Shock

swapnil hiremath
August 24, 2020
Background
Rana Awdish's In Shock

Its book club time! We will be discussing Rana Awdish’s bestseller, the searing first person narrative of a doctor going through a critical illness. And almost dying.

Tagged: summer book club, book club, in shock, topf

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