Adam Forster
@kidneynerd.bsky.social
CIP #Nephrology Fellow- @westernu.ca/ @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
Wannabe sommelier - My condo
Currently reading 📚: Ulysses by James Joyce
Wannabe sommelier - My condo
Currently reading 📚: Ulysses by James Joyce
Wow this is amazing #KidneyWk
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury
This trial examines whether a conservative dialysis strategy can improve recovery of kidney function for patients with acute kidney injury who require dialysis.
jamanetwork.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wow this is amazing #KidneyWk
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Ulysses isn’t a book you read, it’s book that simply is and you may engage with it if you dare.
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ulysses isn’t a book you read, it’s book that simply is and you may engage with it if you dare.
Reposted by Adam Forster
How I consult on cardiorenal syndrome:
• Bump furosemide from 20 to 60 mg bid IV
• Consider rapid resumption of sacubitril/valsartan and empagliflozin. Let's not treat these life saving medications as nephrotoxins.
• Bump furosemide from 20 to 60 mg bid IV
• Consider rapid resumption of sacubitril/valsartan and empagliflozin. Let's not treat these life saving medications as nephrotoxins.
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
How I consult on cardiorenal syndrome:
• Bump furosemide from 20 to 60 mg bid IV
• Consider rapid resumption of sacubitril/valsartan and empagliflozin. Let's not treat these life saving medications as nephrotoxins.
• Bump furosemide from 20 to 60 mg bid IV
• Consider rapid resumption of sacubitril/valsartan and empagliflozin. Let's not treat these life saving medications as nephrotoxins.
Chestnut says Go Jays! #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Chestnut says Go Jays! #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays
Last night was one the greatest of my life, I love this team #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Last night was one the greatest of my life, I love this team #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays
Would love to catch a foul ball tonight so that I can give it to my dad for his birthday tomorrow #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays @torontobluejays.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Would love to catch a foul ball tonight so that I can give it to my dad for his birthday tomorrow #GoJaysGo #LetsGoBlueJays @torontobluejays.bsky.social
WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!
Pubmed being clunky and inaccessible is really starting to hurt my ability to write papers
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pubmed being clunky and inaccessible is really starting to hurt my ability to write papers
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Teaching my dad how the kidneys work by explaining to him why my dog just peed 2L after eating an entire turkeys worth of salt on Thanksgiving
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Teaching my dad how the kidneys work by explaining to him why my dog just peed 2L after eating an entire turkeys worth of salt on Thanksgiving
Reposted by Adam Forster
Peter Howitt, @westernualumni.bsky.social, has won the #NobelPrize in #Economics.
He earned his master’s at #WesternU, spent nearly 25 years on our economics faculty and remains closely connected to our academic community as an Honorary Professor.
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#PurpleAndProud
He earned his master’s at #WesternU, spent nearly 25 years on our economics faculty and remains closely connected to our academic community as an Honorary Professor.
buff.ly/J5qFeSh
#PurpleAndProud
Announcement of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified…
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October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Peter Howitt, @westernualumni.bsky.social, has won the #NobelPrize in #Economics.
He earned his master’s at #WesternU, spent nearly 25 years on our economics faculty and remains closely connected to our academic community as an Honorary Professor.
buff.ly/J5qFeSh
#PurpleAndProud
He earned his master’s at #WesternU, spent nearly 25 years on our economics faculty and remains closely connected to our academic community as an Honorary Professor.
buff.ly/J5qFeSh
#PurpleAndProud
No remaining vascular access
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No remaining vascular access
Once I’m through this James Joyce phase I’m going to open an Irish bakery called Finnegan’s Cake
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Once I’m through this James Joyce phase I’m going to open an Irish bakery called Finnegan’s Cake
Really interesting study. I would be curious to know what the average travel distance is for in centre hemodialysis given the 36% estimated contribution from travel to the overall carbon footprint
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
Carbon Emissions From Different Dialysis Modalities: A Life Cycle Assessment
As the health impacts of climate change intensify, the health care sector faces growing
pressure to minimize its carbon footprint. Achieving this goal requires understanding
of the carbon impact of wi...
www.ajkd.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Really interesting study. I would be curious to know what the average travel distance is for in centre hemodialysis given the 36% estimated contribution from travel to the overall carbon footprint
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
I’m trying to read Ulysses for the first time, anyone have any tips? Three chapters in and enjoying the challenge
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I’m trying to read Ulysses for the first time, anyone have any tips? Three chapters in and enjoying the challenge
Uremic frost, great example
September 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Uremic frost, great example
Chag sameach!
a bear is eating apples from a pile
ALT: a bear is eating apples from a pile
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Chag sameach!
Reposted by Adam Forster
The NatGeo does kidney disease
apple.news/AUF41xrh7RFe...
Feat @samirparikhmd.bsky.social Brad Rovin, Kathy Tuttle and more
#NephSky
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Feat @samirparikhmd.bsky.social Brad Rovin, Kathy Tuttle and more
#NephSky
This disease is on the rise—and many people don’t know that they have it — National Geographic
Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective tre...
apple.news
September 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The NatGeo does kidney disease
apple.news/AUF41xrh7RFe...
Feat @samirparikhmd.bsky.social Brad Rovin, Kathy Tuttle and more
#NephSky
apple.news/AUF41xrh7RFe...
Feat @samirparikhmd.bsky.social Brad Rovin, Kathy Tuttle and more
#NephSky
The @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social @ritchietorres.bsky.social debate is really quite the watch
August 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social @ritchietorres.bsky.social debate is really quite the watch
Broke: Pre workout drink
Woke: Creatini
Woke: Creatini
August 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Broke: Pre workout drink
Woke: Creatini
Woke: Creatini
Reposted by Adam Forster
Spironolactone does not work for dialysis
ACHIEVE published in @thelancet.com
@lastwalsh.bsky.social and colleagues
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Coming soon to a #NephJC near you
ACHIEVE published in @thelancet.com
@lastwalsh.bsky.social and colleagues
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Coming soon to a #NephJC near you
Spironolactone versus placebo in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis (ACHIEVE): an international, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
Among patients receiving maintenance dialysis, spironolactone 25 mg daily orally did
not reduce the composite outcome of cardiovascular mortality and hospitalisation due
to heart failure compared with...
www.thelancet.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Spironolactone does not work for dialysis
ACHIEVE published in @thelancet.com
@lastwalsh.bsky.social and colleagues
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Coming soon to a #NephJC near you
ACHIEVE published in @thelancet.com
@lastwalsh.bsky.social and colleagues
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Coming soon to a #NephJC near you
Patient in clinic today asked me if I worked out because my arms were huge and this is better than any single patient interaction that I have ever had. If you need me I’ll be on an ego trip for the weekend.
August 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Patient in clinic today asked me if I worked out because my arms were huge and this is better than any single patient interaction that I have ever had. If you need me I’ll be on an ego trip for the weekend.
It feels so wrong as a nephrologist to be giving my dog meloxicam
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It feels so wrong as a nephrologist to be giving my dog meloxicam