Juan Carlos Q Vélez, MD
@juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social
🩺 Academic Nephrologist, Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA, USA
🎓Professor of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School - The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
🔬Self-proclaimed Pisse Prophet
🎓Professor of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School - The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
🔬Self-proclaimed Pisse Prophet
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even in their 2024 guidelines they downgrade the level of evidence for resistant hypertension.
Yes, spiro causes hyperK but that is easily managed with diuretics, especially in CKD.
Yes, spiro causes hyperK but that is easily managed with diuretics, especially in CKD.
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
even in their 2024 guidelines they downgrade the level of evidence for resistant hypertension.
Yes, spiro causes hyperK but that is easily managed with diuretics, especially in CKD.
Yes, spiro causes hyperK but that is easily managed with diuretics, especially in CKD.
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Sternheimer stain: WBC cast (bright field), broad RBC cast (bright), waxy cast (bright), and granular cast w/Ca Oxalate monohydrate crystals (oblique). #OchsnerNephrology #UrineMicroscopy
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Sternheimer stain: WBC cast (bright field), broad RBC cast (bright), waxy cast (bright), and granular cast w/Ca Oxalate monohydrate crystals (oblique). #OchsnerNephrology #UrineMicroscopy
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Prescott-Brodie stain: RBC cast (bright field, 2 WBCs in cast), WBC cast (bright field, a few RBCs in it), lipid cast (dark field), and renal tub epi cell cast (oblique, many WBCs in blue around) #OchsnerNephrology
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Prescott-Brodie stain: RBC cast (bright field, 2 WBCs in cast), WBC cast (bright field, a few RBCs in it), lipid cast (dark field), and renal tub epi cell cast (oblique, many WBCs in blue around) #OchsnerNephrology
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Sternheimer-Malbin stain: RBC cast (bright field), WBC cast (oblique illumination), fibrinous cast (dark field), and renal tub epi cell cast (oblique). #OchsnerNephrology
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#UrinarySediment from a pt with #AKI #RPGN due to suspected MPO-AAV-GN inspected with Sternheimer-Malbin stain: RBC cast (bright field), WBC cast (oblique illumination), fibrinous cast (dark field), and renal tub epi cell cast (oblique). #OchsnerNephrology
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Commentary
Metabolic heavyweight: thick ascending limb or proximal tubule? Next round
✍️Kevin A Hurtado and Leslie S. Gewin
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.010
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.021
#MedSky #NephSky @washunephrology.bsky.social #aki #acutekidneyinjury
Metabolic heavyweight: thick ascending limb or proximal tubule? Next round
✍️Kevin A Hurtado and Leslie S. Gewin
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.010
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.021
#MedSky #NephSky @washunephrology.bsky.social #aki #acutekidneyinjury
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Commentary
Metabolic heavyweight: thick ascending limb or proximal tubule? Next round
✍️Kevin A Hurtado and Leslie S. Gewin
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.010
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.021
#MedSky #NephSky @washunephrology.bsky.social #aki #acutekidneyinjury
Metabolic heavyweight: thick ascending limb or proximal tubule? Next round
✍️Kevin A Hurtado and Leslie S. Gewin
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.08.010
Original article: doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.07.021
#MedSky #NephSky @washunephrology.bsky.social #aki #acutekidneyinjury
1/n Recently attended an international congress about Urinalysis in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱. I was expecting a small meeting. I was wrong. Pleasantly surprised with the size of the meeting and the energy and interest from the participants. Let me share the highlights of my experience:
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1/n Recently attended an international congress about Urinalysis in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱. I was expecting a small meeting. I was wrong. Pleasantly surprised with the size of the meeting and the energy and interest from the participants. Let me share the highlights of my experience:
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#MassSpectrometry of Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis #MCD #FSGS
#VisualAbstract by Sophia Ambruso
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00618-7/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Sophia Ambruso
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00618-7/fulltext
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#MassSpectrometry of Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis #MCD #FSGS
#VisualAbstract by Sophia Ambruso
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00618-7/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Sophia Ambruso
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00618-7/fulltext
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✨ Help spread the word about SCM26 #NKFClinicals! Share with a colleague or post on social—help us spread the word about the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings!
Check it out and start sharing! ➡️ www.kidney.org/spring-clini...
Check it out and start sharing! ➡️ www.kidney.org/spring-clini...
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
✨ Help spread the word about SCM26 #NKFClinicals! Share with a colleague or post on social—help us spread the word about the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings!
Check it out and start sharing! ➡️ www.kidney.org/spring-clini...
Check it out and start sharing! ➡️ www.kidney.org/spring-clini...
After a fun and productive #KidneyWk, I’m right back in ✈️ mode again, this time heading to Santiago to share and learn more within the #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscopy South American Lab/Pathol/Nephrol community 🇵🇪🇨🇱
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
After a fun and productive #KidneyWk, I’m right back in ✈️ mode again, this time heading to Santiago to share and learn more within the #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscopy South American Lab/Pathol/Nephrol community 🇵🇪🇨🇱
I met a clever renal fellow at #KidneyWk who named his pets Ace and Arb. I’m inspired. I’ll name my next puppies Muddy and Waxy #UrinarySediment
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I met a clever renal fellow at #KidneyWk who named his pets Ace and Arb. I’m inspired. I’ll name my next puppies Muddy and Waxy #UrinarySediment
Check out thr second part of a @coreimpodcast.bsky.social podcast episode on HRS www.coreimpodcast.com/2025/10/22/h...
Hepatorenal Syndrome Part 2 on Management: 5 Pearls Segment | Core IM Podcast
Time Stamps Introduction and Overview of Hepatorenal Treatment Vasoconstrictors Focus: Terlipressin, Norepinephrine, and Midodrine Finding the Right Dose of Albumin...Read full post
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Check out thr second part of a @coreimpodcast.bsky.social podcast episode on HRS www.coreimpodcast.com/2025/10/22/h...
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After empa-kidney, it still wasn’t clear what to do for patients with CKD without diabetes or albuminuria. This meta-analysis suggests you use flozins. #kidneywk
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Outcomes by Glomerular Filtration Rate and Albuminuria
This meta-analysis examines whether estimated glomerular filtration rate or degree of albuminuria, as measured by urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, modifies the effects of sodium-glucose cotranspor...
jamanetwork.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
After empa-kidney, it still wasn’t clear what to do for patients with CKD without diabetes or albuminuria. This meta-analysis suggests you use flozins. #kidneywk
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Mandatory #KidneyWk gathering with my fellow Channeleers from Channel Your Enthusiasm podcast 🎙️ www.rosebook.club @kidneyboy.bsky.social @amyaimei.bsky.social @annagaddy.bsky.social @jwaitz.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Mandatory #KidneyWk gathering with my fellow Channeleers from Channel Your Enthusiasm podcast 🎙️ www.rosebook.club @kidneyboy.bsky.social @amyaimei.bsky.social @annagaddy.bsky.social @jwaitz.bsky.social
When a mentee Ochsner UQ Med Student Saleha Minhas is visited at a poster by 3 sodium rockstars (Sterns, Rodby and @kidneyboy.bsky.social) at #KidneyWk, that’s a highlight 🙌 @annagaddy.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
When a mentee Ochsner UQ Med Student Saleha Minhas is visited at a poster by 3 sodium rockstars (Sterns, Rodby and @kidneyboy.bsky.social) at #KidneyWk, that’s a highlight 🙌 @annagaddy.bsky.social
Had the pleasure of meeting The Vancomycin Cast guy, @yosuluque.bsky.social at #KidneyWk and chat about #PrecipitousAKI, organic transporters, #UrinarySediment and more
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Had the pleasure of meeting The Vancomycin Cast guy, @yosuluque.bsky.social at #KidneyWk and chat about #PrecipitousAKI, organic transporters, #UrinarySediment and more
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Day 1, #kidneywk 25, We attended the poster presentation, which focused on an important topic: Reducing gaps and strengthening training in urinary sediment analysis. We were joined by someone passionate about U-sed. @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social , @roxnonna23.bsky.social .
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Day 1, #kidneywk 25, We attended the poster presentation, which focused on an important topic: Reducing gaps and strengthening training in urinary sediment analysis. We were joined by someone passionate about U-sed. @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social , @roxnonna23.bsky.social .
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The wait is almost over. #KidneyWk begins Wednesday, November 5, with seven Early Programs, then continues November 6–9 with the Annual Meeting in Houston, 12,000+ kidney health professionals. 130 sessions. 600 faculty. 3,600 posters. Four dynamic plenaries. The future of kidney care begins here.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The wait is almost over. #KidneyWk begins Wednesday, November 5, with seven Early Programs, then continues November 6–9 with the Annual Meeting in Houston, 12,000+ kidney health professionals. 130 sessions. 600 faculty. 3,600 posters. Four dynamic plenaries. The future of kidney care begins here.
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Dual-Antigen Membranous Nephropathy
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.10.006
#NephSky #MedSky #membranousnephropathy @mayoclinicpath.bsky.social @arkanalabs.bsky.social @lynncornell.bsky.social @aaronstorey.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.10.006
#NephSky #MedSky #membranousnephropathy @mayoclinicpath.bsky.social @arkanalabs.bsky.social @lynncornell.bsky.social @aaronstorey.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Interesting case from the Skeleton Key Group which just keeps pumping out the #FOAMed
www.renalfellow.org/2025/09/28/s...
www.renalfellow.org/2025/09/28/s...
Skeleton Key Group Case #40: Cosmetic Calcium
Author: Nikitha (Niki) Cherayil, MD A. The Stem A middle-aged woman with chronic kidney disease stage 3 in the setting of hypertension and recurrent kidney st
www.renalfellow.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Interesting case from the Skeleton Key Group which just keeps pumping out the #FOAMed
www.renalfellow.org/2025/09/28/s...
www.renalfellow.org/2025/09/28/s...
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This is great! Renal biopsy by the nephrologists!
Real-time ultrasound-guided kidney biopsy performance, simulation lab at Ochsner Nephrology #NephSky #KidneyBiopsyAcademy workshop available at @kidneycon.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
This is great! Renal biopsy by the nephrologists!