Jayana Devathasan
@jyndvthsn.bsky.social
Early career NZ nephrologist. Christian. Reader/writer. @Glomcon fellow 2023/24.
@ajkd.bsky.social do you have a nice collated list of links for all your core curriculum summaries? They are such excellent resources!
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@ajkd.bsky.social do you have a nice collated list of links for all your core curriculum summaries? They are such excellent resources!
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OMG! A nationally televised commercial for urine albumin to creatinine ratio!
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OMG! A nationally televised commercial for urine albumin to creatinine ratio!
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An announcement
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...
#NephJC
@kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...
#NephJC
@kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social
Taking the reigns — NephJC
In April 2014, Swapnil and I launched NephJC—and within weeks we were overwhelmed by the sheer work of running a twice-monthly, Twitter-based journal club. Fortunately, we also had a deep bench of fri...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
An announcement
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...
#NephJC
@kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/11...
#NephJC
@kidneyboy.bsky.social and moi hand over the @nephjc.bsky.social reigns to @nephroseeker.medsky.social & @brianrifkin.bsky.social
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The need to deprescribe!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h... (gift link)
Older peeps and falls, often prescription drugs to blame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h... (gift link)
Older peeps and falls, often prescription drugs to blame.
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The need to deprescribe!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h... (gift link)
Older peeps and falls, often prescription drugs to blame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/h... (gift link)
Older peeps and falls, often prescription drugs to blame.
Prof Adeera Levin from @BCRenal education us at @ANZSN 2025 in Perth about models of care in CKD - relationship and knowing your patients is important.
August 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Prof Adeera Levin from @BCRenal education us at @ANZSN 2025 in Perth about models of care in CKD - relationship and knowing your patients is important.
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We recorded a podcast with him here www.nephjc.com/freelyfilter... from the last #KidneyWk
FF 75 NephJC Night at Kidney Week — NephJC
Live from San Diego it is a recording of the NephJC Night Show!
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August 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We recorded a podcast with him here www.nephjc.com/freelyfilter... from the last #KidneyWk
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Excellent read of the day.
Cannot disagree with anything written by Andrew Cohen here: www.ajkd.org/article/S027... in @ajkd.bsky.social
Starts off with citations of the dreaded Student Doctor Network and @kidneyboy.bsky.social PB fluids blog.
Cannot disagree with anything written by Andrew Cohen here: www.ajkd.org/article/S027... in @ajkd.bsky.social
Starts off with citations of the dreaded Student Doctor Network and @kidneyboy.bsky.social PB fluids blog.
Is Dialysis Nephrology’s Original Sin?
The introduction of hemodialysis in the 1960s and the subsequent enactment of Medicare
coverage in 1972 came to shape the evolution of nephrology as a specialty. The subsequent
focus on dialysis care ...
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August 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Excellent read of the day.
Cannot disagree with anything written by Andrew Cohen here: www.ajkd.org/article/S027... in @ajkd.bsky.social
Starts off with citations of the dreaded Student Doctor Network and @kidneyboy.bsky.social PB fluids blog.
Cannot disagree with anything written by Andrew Cohen here: www.ajkd.org/article/S027... in @ajkd.bsky.social
Starts off with citations of the dreaded Student Doctor Network and @kidneyboy.bsky.social PB fluids blog.
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Recommendations:
-Limit nonessential meetings to core hours (eg. 9-4) recognizing that time outside this window is not equitably accessible
-Offer asynchronous or hybrid options for professional development & decision-making forums, reducing reliance on physical presence as a proxy for engagement
-Limit nonessential meetings to core hours (eg. 9-4) recognizing that time outside this window is not equitably accessible
-Offer asynchronous or hybrid options for professional development & decision-making forums, reducing reliance on physical presence as a proxy for engagement
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Recommendations:
-Limit nonessential meetings to core hours (eg. 9-4) recognizing that time outside this window is not equitably accessible
-Offer asynchronous or hybrid options for professional development & decision-making forums, reducing reliance on physical presence as a proxy for engagement
-Limit nonessential meetings to core hours (eg. 9-4) recognizing that time outside this window is not equitably accessible
-Offer asynchronous or hybrid options for professional development & decision-making forums, reducing reliance on physical presence as a proxy for engagement
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“My portfolio career was born out of a desperate need to keep my non-clinical interests alive."
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Many doctors are turning to portfolio careers to reduce burnout and improve morale, @emahase.bsky.social _ hears
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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30M with aggressive crescentic IgAN. M1E0S1T1C2. 4g proteinuria with Cr 160 umol/L but rising. Induction with IV CYC and pred. Now 1g protein but Cr, now 250 umol/L. Not sure what next :( maybe repeat biopsy? @nephrowhitt.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social @askrenal.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
30M with aggressive crescentic IgAN. M1E0S1T1C2. 4g proteinuria with Cr 160 umol/L but rising. Induction with IV CYC and pred. Now 1g protein but Cr, now 250 umol/L. Not sure what next :( maybe repeat biopsy? @nephrowhitt.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social @askrenal.bsky.social
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We don’t get to discuss every important study that comes out on #NephJC
Hence #NephJCShorts
www.nephjc.com/news/nephjc-...
Hence #NephJCShorts
www.nephjc.com/news/nephjc-...
Introducing NephJC Shorts — NephJC
In just over a decade of critical appraisal on NephJC, we have done several experiments. Some of them have worked out phenomenally well, such as the Freely Filtered podcast. Others were not ready for ...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We don’t get to discuss every important study that comes out on #NephJC
Hence #NephJCShorts
www.nephjc.com/news/nephjc-...
Hence #NephJCShorts
www.nephjc.com/news/nephjc-...
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My patients live at the margins of society. They don’t have much. Just getting to dialysis three times a week is a big ask. Taking from them to fund tax breaks for the rich is just cruel.
I want to be outraged but I just feel like crying.
I want to be outraged but I just feel like crying.
July 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My patients live at the margins of society. They don’t have much. Just getting to dialysis three times a week is a big ask. Taking from them to fund tax breaks for the rich is just cruel.
I want to be outraged but I just feel like crying.
I want to be outraged but I just feel like crying.
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Holy cow. A $35 copay for every dialysis treatment???
“New Copays: A $35-per-treatment copay for dialysis and CKD patients above the poverty line could cost dialysis patients over $5,000 annually.”
“New Copays: A $35-per-treatment copay for dialysis and CKD patients above the poverty line could cost dialysis patients over $5,000 annually.”
The so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed the Senate today is a giant leap backward for people living with kidney disease. NKF urges Congress to reject these harmful provisions. www.kidney.org/press-room/b...
Big Beautiful Bill is Downright Ugly for Kidney Patients
Tune in for the latest research and perspectives on kidney health from NKF.
www.kidney.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Holy cow. A $35 copay for every dialysis treatment???
“New Copays: A $35-per-treatment copay for dialysis and CKD patients above the poverty line could cost dialysis patients over $5,000 annually.”
“New Copays: A $35-per-treatment copay for dialysis and CKD patients above the poverty line could cost dialysis patients over $5,000 annually.”
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@lachlanmcmichael.bsky.social presenting his first of two talks at @tsanz.bsky.social exploring variation in living donor referral in Australia and New Zealand @anzdataregistry.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
@lachlanmcmichael.bsky.social presenting his first of two talks at @tsanz.bsky.social exploring variation in living donor referral in Australia and New Zealand @anzdataregistry.bsky.social
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🔍 New Publication in Kidney International Reports
Pleased to share our recently published editorial commentary:
“Upstream Causes, Downstream Consequences: Targeting Pre-Dialysis Pathways to Tackle Inequities in Access to Kidney Transplantation”
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ek...
Pleased to share our recently published editorial commentary:
“Upstream Causes, Downstream Consequences: Targeting Pre-Dialysis Pathways to Tackle Inequities in Access to Kidney Transplantation”
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ek...
June 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🔍 New Publication in Kidney International Reports
Pleased to share our recently published editorial commentary:
“Upstream Causes, Downstream Consequences: Targeting Pre-Dialysis Pathways to Tackle Inequities in Access to Kidney Transplantation”
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ek...
Pleased to share our recently published editorial commentary:
“Upstream Causes, Downstream Consequences: Targeting Pre-Dialysis Pathways to Tackle Inequities in Access to Kidney Transplantation”
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ek...
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@philclayton.bsky.social presenting the new HLA matchability score as part of the proposed new kidney allocation system demonstrating improvement in equity @tsanz.bsky.social @anzdataregistry.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
@philclayton.bsky.social presenting the new HLA matchability score as part of the proposed new kidney allocation system demonstrating improvement in equity @tsanz.bsky.social @anzdataregistry.bsky.social
This is actually very important given so many of our clinical trials use 'slope of gfr' as a clinical outcome
Nice paper, deomonstrating (yet again) that not all surrogate endpoints are sloppy constructs.
I hope that reporting of acute and chronic slopes of estimated glomerular filtration rate become the gold standard for reporting trials in Nephrology
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40237639/
I hope that reporting of acute and chronic slopes of estimated glomerular filtration rate become the gold standard for reporting trials in Nephrology
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40237639/
Clinical Implications of Slope of GFR in Clinical Trials of CKD Progression - PubMed
Treatment effects on both the acute and chronic GFR slopes are independent determinants of the effects on the established CE, with variation in acute effects accounting for much of the observed…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is actually very important given so many of our clinical trials use 'slope of gfr' as a clinical outcome
Amazing
This month's issue of #ASNKidneyNews features "Nephrocentric Greek Tragedies," kidney artistry by @brianrifkin.bsky.social capturing scenes of Greek tragedies with a nephrology twist in a series of four black and white linoprints. kidney.pub/KN1706-05
June 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Amazing
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The KDIGO Women and Kidney Health Controversies Conference Report is now available in Kidney International! The report addresses how sex and gender shape kidney health across the lifespan, with a special focus on reproductive health and care equity.
Read the report: kdigo.co/Women-and-Ki...
Read the report: kdigo.co/Women-and-Ki...
June 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The KDIGO Women and Kidney Health Controversies Conference Report is now available in Kidney International! The report addresses how sex and gender shape kidney health across the lifespan, with a special focus on reproductive health and care equity.
Read the report: kdigo.co/Women-and-Ki...
Read the report: kdigo.co/Women-and-Ki...
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June 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anybody know of any good nephrology > #meded > internal medicine conferences in the East Coast of Canada next year around March to May? Hoping to do a Montreal trip but thought I might tie it to a conference.... @hswapnil.medsky.social @askrenal.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Anybody know of any good nephrology > #meded > internal medicine conferences in the East Coast of Canada next year around March to May? Hoping to do a Montreal trip but thought I might tie it to a conference.... @hswapnil.medsky.social @askrenal.bsky.social
Post #era25 shenanigans in the #dolomites. Ex #ubc fellows (now nephrology staff around the world) unite! #confidence iykyk
June 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Post #era25 shenanigans in the #dolomites. Ex #ubc fellows (now nephrology staff around the world) unite! #confidence iykyk
We 'know' this but it's a staggering reminder of how practice changing SGLT2i can be. 26 years of delaying the onset of kidney failure! We have to do better NZ and stop restricting the eligibility for these drugs #era25
June 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We 'know' this but it's a staggering reminder of how practice changing SGLT2i can be. 26 years of delaying the onset of kidney failure! We have to do better NZ and stop restricting the eligibility for these drugs #era25
June 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM