Alex Meraz
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Academic Nephrologist in Winnipeg 🇨🇦. Onconeph and Critical care neph FTW!
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
7 days ago
Cancer Incidence in People With Glomerular Disease: A Population-Level Study
bit.ly/4smBPMv
(OPEN ACCESS)
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
8 days ago
Hemodiafiltration: A Mini Review
bit.ly/4awrvuf
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Canadian Society of Nephrology
10 days ago
✨ CSN and CKD-N are happy to welcome Dorry Segev from the USA as keynote speaker for this morning’s joint session on Artificial Intelligence 👨🏻🏫
#csnagm
#csnscn
#ai
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
10 days ago
The big experiment failed Giving bonuses and penalizing for performance to increase home dialysis and transplant did nothing. An RCT
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
in JAMA health forum
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The man, the myth, the legend!
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8 days ago
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
9 days ago
The healthcare costs of the forest fires Making the point we *cannot* afford not to plan
#CSNAGM
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Wanna reduce burnout? Less mandatory courses and more AI!
#csnagm
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Don’t let previous abnormal surgeries to be a barrier for PD catheter insertion. But, the presence of adhesions has been associated with worse outcomes
#csnagm
#csnscn
10 days ago
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Player to has entered: CRB2 the second podocyte autoantigen.
#csnagm
#csnscn
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Canadian Society of Nephrology
11 days ago
📢✨Join us today for the opening session of the 2026 CSN-AGM! Welcome to all attendees in Quebec City & to those following us online from afar! 👋
#csnagm
#csnscn
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
6 months ago
#RenalPath
: Diffuse granular capillary wall staining for phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R). PLA2R staining is positive in approximately 70% of patients with clinically idiopathic membranous nephropathy (immunofluorescence microscopy, PLA2R).
bit.ly/2xVkJzs
(FREE)
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Heard that Twitter is imploding. Good riddance
6 months ago
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@hswapnil.medsky.social
@kidneyboy.bsky.social
What’s the name of the nephrology song you play at the end of the podcast?
6 months ago
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
6 months ago
The second sibeprenlimab paper in
@nejm.org
(At least we gave it an oral at
#KidneyWk
unlike the poster for the phase 2 data in 2023!)
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Sibeprenlimab in IgA Nephropathy — Interim Analysis of a Phase 3 Trial | NEJM
The cytokine A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) is considered a key driver of the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy. Sibeprenlimab, a humanized IgG2 monoclonal antibody, selectively binds to and...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2512133?query=RP&ssotoken=U2FsdGVkX18HwtSgXglJ1gbcCroISBKK7yPln43pSCZV8yPfQWUatNAzAHDZBaHCcgLB1ey0WaqsHwg9PzlzebfiBSX0qqNhK5vqLkva1kwLqzfHXq6r3A1Q2ZJqPOKnmHuZ7VTxPnkrt%2FDjX5BImxr3NHKvBalst0pzallnX5zWjaTtwNLPxgJ7wITboUre4GGzki3ZPnqTE%2BULAIOe5mWs5ItpHCKC8AWsoKuDhtE%3D&cid=NEJM%20Recently%20Published,%20November%208,%202025%20DM2425300_NEJM_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1078256474
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
8 months ago
And it’s live Iptacopan in C3GN makes it to
@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#NephSky
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Joel Topf
10 months ago
Amazing to me that a seemingly acute event is either A) has long-term sequellae despite being apparently resolving or B) a dramatic and early presentation of profound endothelial disease
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
11 months ago
Way scarier story. Stories.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
(Gift link)
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Hugo Diniz, MD 🇵🇹🇪🇺
11 months ago
Sibeprenlimab in IgA Nephropathy
#ERA25
* Data presented is the 9-month reduction in proteinuria
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Dr Meghan Sise presenting on serum cr/cystatin outcomes in patients treated with cisplatin or carboplatin
#Onconeph
#ERA25
12 months ago
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
12 months ago
Hyperkalemia rates not lower with adding a flozin to the MRA 🤔
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#ERA25
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
12 months ago
The first
#ERA25
simultaneous pub CONFIDENCE trial of empagliflozin + finerenone in N = 579 Greater reduction in ACR and BP Note the impressive GFR dip
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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NEJM.org
12 months ago
In the CONFIDENCE trial in persons with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, combination therapy with finerenone and empagliflozin led to a greater reduction in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio than either drug alone. Full trial results:
nej.md/4jEVbbk
#ERA25
#MedSky
#Nephrology
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@kevinyau.bsky.social
GLP1 agonist master Jedi presenting at
#ERA25
. 💉GLP1 agonist reduce ED visits and hospitalizations!!! 📉Awesome methods. Best of the session: 💊DDP4 for comparison, IPTW, ICES data. Ticking all the right boxes (EPI nerd). 💊Only 40% on SGLT2i!!! We should flozinate more!!!
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#ERA25
baby!!!
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
12 months ago
Experiential Evidence of Systemic Racism for Indigenous Peoples Navigating Transplantation in Canada - in
@kireports.bsky.social
www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
12 months ago
The US spends billions of dollars on binders every year We are doing the RCT to get you the answer - more than 3000 enrolled
ajkdblog.org/2021/06/16/c...
and
www.nephjc.com/news/2021/2/...
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Could High Be Better Than Low? Targeting Phosphate in Trials
Phosphate is bad, right? As kidney function declines, phosphate excretion goes down. Serum phosphate levels rise, causing parathyroid hormone (PTH) to increase and bring phosphate down. Phosphate h…
https://ajkdblog.org/2021/06/16/could-high-be-better-than-low-targeting-phosphate-in-trials/
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Alex Meraz
ASN Publications
over 1 year ago
Torsemide is proposed to have clinically important pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic advantages over furosemide. This study found no meaningful pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic advantages for torsemide versus furosemide.
bit.ly/JASN0481
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Renal Failure
over 1 year ago
Dapagliflozin improves diabetic kidney disease by inhibiting ferroptosis through β-hydroxybutyrate production
#Nephrology
#endocrinology
#Diabetes
#SGLT2i
#NephSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dapagliflozin improves diabetic kidney disease by inhibiting ferroptosis through β-hydroxybutyrate production
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Sodium-glucose cotransporter protein 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are antihyperglycemic agents that provide additional renal-...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0886022X.2024.2438857
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Kidney Medicine Journal
over 1 year ago
Case report: Daratumumab for Bortezomib-Refractory Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits in Kidney Allograft: A Case Report
https://buff.ly/3P5dsSc
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Feliz Navidad!
over 1 year ago
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Ryan Town
over 1 year ago
💡 Kidney stone patients not meeting their fluid intake goals? Try this one weird trick! Sprinkle a little Carolina reaper powder on their food a couple times a day and 💦🆙 they'll be drinking so much water you'll be looking up the latest
#NephJC
on hyponatremia correction rates! GI docs hate him!
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Alex Meraz
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
over 1 year ago
Cumulative Blood Pressure Load and Incident CKD
https://bit.ly/4eEtmx7
#OpenAccess
#VisualAbstract
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Jeff Perl
over 1 year ago
Nope we use the patients usual dwell volume
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Is there any preferred dwell volume for IP antibiotics?
@pd-perls.bsky.social
#askrenal
#nephsky
over 1 year ago
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Brendon Neuen
over 1 year ago
Prevent kidney failure to reduce carbon emissions ♻️ 🍃 🏭 Our new analysis of CREDENCE assessing environmental impacts from ⬇️ hospitalisations & dialysis 🏥 with SGLT2i SGLT2i ⬇️ greenhouse gas emissions from inpatient bed days & dialysis by 20% (39 kg CO2e per yr)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Kidney biopsy on aspirin, nay or yay? I am interested in your type 1, blink of an eye, kind of reasoning. Is Dr Glassock yet in Blue Sky?
#askrenal
#nephsky
@kidneyboy.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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Deleting X account today.
#bluesky
all the way
over 1 year ago
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Ron Filipkowski
over 1 year ago
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UKidney
over 1 year ago
Reposting (fixed link): Check out our new and improved KFRE calculator with a nice visualization of kidney risk plotted on a KDIGO heatmap. For easy reference, go to
ukidney.com/kfre
✨ New features: • Interactive KDIGO heatmap • Clear risk visualization
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https://ukidney.com/kfre📊
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UKidney
over 1 year ago
Ever need help converting between different steroid doses or different immunosuppressive agents in transplant? • Envarsus to Cyclosporine IV? • Astagraf/Advagraf to Envarsus? • Prednisone to Solucortef? • And many more? We have you covered!
ukid.io/drugs
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#nephsky
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over 1 year ago
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John Scalzi
over 1 year ago
Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
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Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/23/24303502/bluesky-next-twitter-threads-x
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over 1 year ago
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
over 1 year ago
🦋will hit 22 million users tonight 🐦 & 🧵 have many magnitudes more users But it’s the quality and not the quantity of users that gives BlueSky the edge, says
@jaypeters.net
at
@theverge.com
www.theverge.com/2024/11/23/2...
h/t
@kidneyboy.bsky.social
via
@scalzi.com
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Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/23/24303502/bluesky-next-twitter-threads-x
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Michael S. Balzer
over 1 year ago
Just finished a smooth migration of prior X tweets to
@bsky.app
. Shout-out to
@marcomaroni.it
for the excellent code! 🔥https://github.com/marcomaroni-github/twitter-to-bluesky
#NephSky
#MedSky
#NewHorizons
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over 1 year ago
How do we feel about this study (DAPA advKD)?
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Does it answer the Q of initiating SGLT2-I in adv CKD? Are the numbers enough?
#nephsky
@kidneyboy.bsky.social
@hswapnil.bsky.social
@freelyfiltered.bsky.social
Maybe another one that could be discussed..
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Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc
over 1 year ago
I hope that people who took an Ancestry or a 23&Me or simply had a relative who was sequenced for their cancer treatment understand they are one hack away from them and their facilities before they become uninsurable or unemployable once
#GINA
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Robert M Centor MACP
over 1 year ago
Hot take for
#nephsky
. I dislike the common use AKI for anyone with an elevated creatinine. Neither volume contraction nor obstruction cause significant injury. I find this use decreases thinking.
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Fernanda Arce-Amaré
over 1 year ago
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
#NephSky
#MedSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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