Haven't seen one of these in a while. Example of atheroembolism in a older pt with subacute kidney injury and peripheral vascular disease. Cholesterol clefts and giant cells filling the arterial lumen. #renalpath #pathsky #nephsky

TRACK: In advanced CKD (G4-G5/dialysis), rivaroxaban 2.5 mg BID did not reduce MACE vs placebo (HR 1.09), increased major bleeding (HR 1.51), and offered no net clinical benefit. Key lesson: don’t extrapolate COMPASS/VOYAGER to advanced CKD. #NephJC #CKD

Thank you to our outstanding #Nephrology #Fellowship leaders, Dr. Fionnuala Cormack (left), Danielle Long (2nd from left), and Dr. Cary Paine (right), with our 2026 graduates Drs. Lily Jeong, Liz Kiernan, Sarah Haeger, Bang Zheng, Dale Braimah, and Josh Earl. @uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social #kidney

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

Combined anti-CD20/anti-CD38 therapy in recurrent FSGS: Results Before Reasons - Kidney International Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Took us more than 10 years to get this to this stage AVF versus catheters - doing an RCT was difficult and we learnt a lot. Hope our community also does?

Teacher of the Year! Congratulations to Dr. Cary Paine on being selected as our AY2025-26 UW Nephrology Teacher of the Year!! Fellows announce the award annually at our end-of-year graduation celebration dinner. @uwmedicine.bsky.social #nephsky #meded #nephrology #kidney #teacher

PREVENT-CVD better predicts combined cardio-kidney outcomes in CKD than traditional risk scores, according to #ASNCJASN study. Adding albuminuria boosts performance, highlighting its value for integrated cardio-renal risk assessment. https://twp.ai/9OW0ka

Dr. Kate Butler gives a fantastic presentation, followed by a dynamic group discussion: "Should adherence be a requirement for kidney transplant candidates?" #nephsky #kidney #transplant #nephrology @uwmedicine.bsky.social youtu.be/f6mYNOetgDE

Congratulations to the 2026 recipients of our Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards!! ⭐Dr. Sally Baker, @uwidfellowship.bsky.social ⭐Dr. Megan Capozzi, Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition ⭐Dr. Michael Grandaz, @uwnephrology.bsky.social ⭐Dr. Sarah Holton, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Tirzepatide slowed the rate of GFR decline more than dulaglutide in higher risk CKD. Interestingly, there were more GI side effects- haven’t seen that in practice.

Agree with this All formulae for corrected calcium are imperfect Just measure ionized calcium pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42035248/ #EMIMCC

"In the era of [AI], take-home writing assignments have become so difficult to police for integrity" that many teachers have "stopped assigning them. Instead,...[they're] requiring students to write inside the classroom, where they can be observed." I think... 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...

Plasma exchange for severe alveolar hemorrhage in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis: emulation of a target trial academic.oup.com/ajrccm/artic... @atscommunity.bsky.social

Ben Riley was already writing about the risks of chatbots when his dad started trusting A.I. over his doctor.

What a great turnout for our Spring WIN-Women in #Nephrology gathering! Many thanks to Dr. Leah Haseley for hosting & Dr. Laura Mayeda for organizing the event. Shout-out to our amazing fellows and faculty women of UW Nephrology @uwnephrology.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social #nephsky #kidneydocs

#NephMadness 2026: The Effluent Eight bit.ly/NM26Eff8 @nephrosparks.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @catochita.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social

🫀 SPIRIT-HF at #ACC26: Spironolactone, an aldosterone blocker, compared with placebo, did not show any significant improvement in terms of HF hospitalizations and cardiovascular death at 24 months in patients with #HFpEF or #HFmrEF. See the results ➡️ https://bit.ly/4cbiPeW #HeartFailure #CardioSky

A KDIGO commentary on B Cell and Complement guided therapy in IgAN www.kidney-international.org/article/S008... in Kidney Int Perfectly timed for #NephMadness (and this will be the champion)

Head over to 👇 tourneytopia.com/AJKD/NephMad... and submit your #NephMadness Bracket

We had a great “Battle of the UW Neph Sections" for #NephMadness2026 ! The energy was fantastic as our faculty and fellows jumped into spirited discussions to create a UW #Nephrology bracket 🏆🫘🤩 #kidney #nephsky #meded @uwmedicine.bsky.social

Great shot of our "Team Evergreen" advocates from @uwmedicine.bsky.social!! They will be on #CapitolHill in DC tomorrow to advocate for 1) #Research funding for #kidneycare at NIDDK and 2) Lowering barriers to living #kidneydonation through the ESLDA (Expanding Support for Living Donors Act). 🙌🫘📣

Apixaban wins www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Here is today’s #eyeSCANdy! Scanning EM of a normal glomerulus showing a glomerular capillary loop with interdigitating podocyte foot processes.  Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Bonsib. #renal #pathology #kidneypath

Very cool Enteric coated budesonide also reduces albuminuria, and GFR remains stable in #IgAN Single arm prospective study from India in KI Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...

Yay! The #NephMadness topics are out! ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/w...

Hypophosphatemia while on RRT in a ventilated patient is bad, from STARRT AKI post hoc analysis www.ajkd.org/article/S027... No surprise, but Neyra et al don’t cite our simple solution: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23972063/ - also in AJKD 🤷🏽‍♂️

RT @NBCOlympics: ALYSA LIU YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE. 😍 #WinterOlympics

From @theathletic.com: The Seahawks won their second Super Bowl title and avenged their agonizing Super Bowl loss to the Patriots 11 years ago. Seattle won, 29-13, after holding New England scoreless through three quarters. nyti.ms/4rDVrM2

Urine microalbumin getting Super Bowl star treatment with Sofia Vergara and Octavia Spencer.

RT @SNFonNBC: When it comes to NFL expansion franchise names, Milan Cortina has SEVERAL options. 👀

Hey #Medsky and #Pulmsky, check on your ICU nurse friends. I am and will always be grateful for my time and training at a VAMC ICU. The nurses there were wonderful humans who helped a tired, sometimes struggling new doc through difficult shifts. Cheers to the #ICUNurses, we lost a great one today.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Wow Minneapolis today

🎉 Join in congratulating the 2026 ASN Loan Mitigation Program recipients. These future leaders of kidney health are shaping what comes next, and this program supports their path forward. Meet the recipients: https://bit.ly/asnLMP26

An announcement from Noah Wyle and the CDC:

New year, new publication. Great working on this article on sepsis-associated AKI with @shinamenon.bsky.social, Pavan Bhatraju, and Javier Neyra. Currently, free to access. #nephsky #emimcc @uwnephrology.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1mNWkzzky3...

Earlier: Gu's dream of an academic future in Houston ended in an airless limbo room where the lights never dimmed and the temperatures hovered at around 60 degrees. Instead of entering school, he's now banned from re-entering the U.S. For 5 years.

This very short article offers a perspective of AI in higher education: "Difficulty is good, an end in its own right." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Division holiday party with the best people! @uwnephrology.bsky.social #nephsky

Appreciate this excellent work showing GLP-1 agonists reduce mortality in patients on dialysis and improve their chances of receiving a transplant. Hopefully, it will help me get them approved for my patients through the VA. #nephsky journals.lww.com/cjasn/pages/...

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IV iron improves outcomes even in people with bacterial infections (except meningitis). Observational study of 85K patients to be presented Sunday 12/7 at ASH. #nephsky www.hematology.org/newsroom/pre...

Thank you for this reporting @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...