Cristina Popa
@nephroseeker.medsky.social
🩺 Nephrologist = kidney philosopher
📜History lover
🕊️ Aspiring to be better. Freethinker
📍 #NephJC editor-in-chief
📍@KIreportsbsky.social
📍ERAkidney #ERA25 social media co-leader
#NephSky #MedSky
📜History lover
🕊️ Aspiring to be better. Freethinker
📍 #NephJC editor-in-chief
📍@KIreportsbsky.social
📍ERAkidney #ERA25 social media co-leader
#NephSky #MedSky
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Wow - excellent discussion of the totally underwhelming BICAR-ICU2 trial
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
@nephcrit.bsky.social fighting a line fight against the unimpressed nephrons with guest @weddellite.bsky.social
#NephSky #EMIMCC
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
@nephcrit.bsky.social fighting a line fight against the unimpressed nephrons with guest @weddellite.bsky.social
#NephSky #EMIMCC
FF 88 BICARICU-2, Bicarbonate in the ICU. Helpful or just a number fixer?
Podcast Episode · Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast · 2025-12-27 · 1h 25m
podcasts.apple.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Wow - excellent discussion of the totally underwhelming BICAR-ICU2 trial
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
@nephcrit.bsky.social fighting a line fight against the unimpressed nephrons with guest @weddellite.bsky.social
#NephSky #EMIMCC
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
@nephcrit.bsky.social fighting a line fight against the unimpressed nephrons with guest @weddellite.bsky.social
#NephSky #EMIMCC
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Safety and Effectiveness of Long-term #Isoniazid Treatment for the #Prevention of #Tuberculosis in High-risk #Dialysis Patients
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00733-8/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00733-8/fulltext
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Safety and Effectiveness of Long-term #Isoniazid Treatment for the #Prevention of #Tuberculosis in High-risk #Dialysis Patients
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00733-8/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00733-8/fulltext
Reposted by Cristina Popa
A #FIDELITY Analysis on #Finerenone With #SGLT2i and #GLP1RA in CKD
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00715-6/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00715-6/fulltext
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A #FIDELITY Analysis on #Finerenone With #SGLT2i and #GLP1RA in CKD
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00715-6/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00715-6/fulltext
Reposted by Cristina Popa
The Impact of #Homelessness on #Kidney #Outcomes Among Adults With #Diabetes
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00718-1/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00718-1/fulltext
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Impact of #Homelessness on #Kidney #Outcomes Among Adults With #Diabetes
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00718-1/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00718-1/fulltext
Reposted by Cristina Popa
1/10
Last #NephJC we discussed dialysis frequency in AKI-D #TenPostNephJC
We sought to answer an age-old question: Is less is really more? Or less is just simply what it is….less?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Last #NephJC we discussed dialysis frequency in AKI-D #TenPostNephJC
We sought to answer an age-old question: Is less is really more? Or less is just simply what it is….less?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
1/10
Last #NephJC we discussed dialysis frequency in AKI-D #TenPostNephJC
We sought to answer an age-old question: Is less is really more? Or less is just simply what it is….less?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Last #NephJC we discussed dialysis frequency in AKI-D #TenPostNephJC
We sought to answer an age-old question: Is less is really more? Or less is just simply what it is….less?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Reposted by Cristina Popa
We really don’t think BigPAK makes sense
From our journal club at @uottawa.ca into a #NephJC shorts
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12...
From our journal club at @uottawa.ca into a #NephJC shorts
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12...
BigPAK or a bundle of balderdash? — NephJC
We break down the latest salvo from Zarbock et al on a supposedly wonderful ‘bundle’
www.nephjc.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
We really don’t think BigPAK makes sense
From our journal club at @uottawa.ca into a #NephJC shorts
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12...
From our journal club at @uottawa.ca into a #NephJC shorts
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12...
Reposted by Cristina Popa
We are then going back to our regularly scheduled programming 1/13/26 at 9pm EST
VALIANT: Trial of Pegcetacoplan in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex MPGN. #NephJC
www.nejm.org/doi/ful...
VALIANT: Trial of Pegcetacoplan in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex MPGN. #NephJC
www.nejm.org/doi/ful...
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We are then going back to our regularly scheduled programming 1/13/26 at 9pm EST
VALIANT: Trial of Pegcetacoplan in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex MPGN. #NephJC
www.nejm.org/doi/ful...
VALIANT: Trial of Pegcetacoplan in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex MPGN. #NephJC
www.nejm.org/doi/ful...
#NephJC it is important to point out that ‘1st day of recovery’ was defined retrospective. On that day, GFR may be very low (so not ‘recovered’ in the way many people use the word). See 2 figures below for illustration. Both these patients contributed to those Kaplan-Meier curves separating early.
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
T2f
Dialysis-Free Days by Day 28:
Conservative: 21 days
Conventional: 5 days
Most pronounced divergence within the first 10-12 days
Clinically, this means these patients spent most of their hospital course not needing dialysis, something no earlier AKI-D trial has demonstrated so clearly. #NephJC
Dialysis-Free Days by Day 28:
Conservative: 21 days
Conventional: 5 days
Most pronounced divergence within the first 10-12 days
Clinically, this means these patients spent most of their hospital course not needing dialysis, something no earlier AKI-D trial has demonstrated so clearly. #NephJC
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reposted by Cristina Popa
T1a
Population: stable AKI-D patients with realistic renal recovery potential
Exactly the “gray zone” group we debate daily whether dialysis continuation is necessary.
👀Check out the inclusion/exclusion criteria #NephJC
Population: stable AKI-D patients with realistic renal recovery potential
Exactly the “gray zone” group we debate daily whether dialysis continuation is necessary.
👀Check out the inclusion/exclusion criteria #NephJC
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
T1a
Population: stable AKI-D patients with realistic renal recovery potential
Exactly the “gray zone” group we debate daily whether dialysis continuation is necessary.
👀Check out the inclusion/exclusion criteria #NephJC
Population: stable AKI-D patients with realistic renal recovery potential
Exactly the “gray zone” group we debate daily whether dialysis continuation is necessary.
👀Check out the inclusion/exclusion criteria #NephJC
Reposted by Cristina Popa
www.nephjc.com/news/...
Check out the excellent #NephJC summary by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Check out the excellent #NephJC summary by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Dialyze Less, Recover More? AKI’s Chance to Get LIBERATE-D — NephJC
This week, we will discuss whether less is more when it comes to
discontinuing dialysis in patients with AKI and a chance to recover.
www.nephjc.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
www.nephjc.com/news/...
Check out the excellent #NephJC summary by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Check out the excellent #NephJC summary by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Hi! Cristina Popa here 👋 #NephJC
No COIs. Never practiced 3xHD per week in AKI
It’s harder to be awake at this hour when on vacation (although it’s only 3 am 🥱). Here are some pics👇
No COIs. Never practiced 3xHD per week in AKI
It’s harder to be awake at this hour when on vacation (although it’s only 3 am 🥱). Here are some pics👇
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hi! Cristina Popa here 👋 #NephJC
No COIs. Never practiced 3xHD per week in AKI
It’s harder to be awake at this hour when on vacation (although it’s only 3 am 🥱). Here are some pics👇
No COIs. Never practiced 3xHD per week in AKI
It’s harder to be awake at this hour when on vacation (although it’s only 3 am 🥱). Here are some pics👇
Reposted by Cristina Popa
👉 New to #NephJC ?
Check out the infographic by @sstoneman.bsky.social on how this all works.
Let’s make this fun, fast, and global 🌏
Check out the infographic by @sstoneman.bsky.social on how this all works.
Let’s make this fun, fast, and global 🌏
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
👉 New to #NephJC ?
Check out the infographic by @sstoneman.bsky.social on how this all works.
Let’s make this fun, fast, and global 🌏
Check out the infographic by @sstoneman.bsky.social on how this all works.
Let’s make this fun, fast, and global 🌏
Reposted by Cristina Popa
T-120 min
⏰ 2 hours until #NephJC
Tonight’s topic: Dialysis frequency.
For AKI-D (AKI requiring dialysis), should we:
🗓️ Dialyze everyone thrice weekly ?
or
🧘♂️ Dialyze only when needed?
The LIBERATE-D RCT tests this long-standing dogma.
Does less dialysis = more recovery? 🤯
⏰ 2 hours until #NephJC
Tonight’s topic: Dialysis frequency.
For AKI-D (AKI requiring dialysis), should we:
🗓️ Dialyze everyone thrice weekly ?
or
🧘♂️ Dialyze only when needed?
The LIBERATE-D RCT tests this long-standing dogma.
Does less dialysis = more recovery? 🤯
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
T-120 min
⏰ 2 hours until #NephJC
Tonight’s topic: Dialysis frequency.
For AKI-D (AKI requiring dialysis), should we:
🗓️ Dialyze everyone thrice weekly ?
or
🧘♂️ Dialyze only when needed?
The LIBERATE-D RCT tests this long-standing dogma.
Does less dialysis = more recovery? 🤯
⏰ 2 hours until #NephJC
Tonight’s topic: Dialysis frequency.
For AKI-D (AKI requiring dialysis), should we:
🗓️ Dialyze everyone thrice weekly ?
or
🧘♂️ Dialyze only when needed?
The LIBERATE-D RCT tests this long-standing dogma.
Does less dialysis = more recovery? 🤯
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Gracias! @dramiliflores.bsky.social #NephSky
LIBERATE-D: El Resumen Visual — #NephJC
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12/14/liberate-d-el-resumen-visual
LIBERATE-D: El Resumen Visual — #NephJC
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12/14/liberate-d-el-resumen-visual
LIBERATE-D: El Resumen Visual — NephJC
En pacientes con lesión renal aguda en diálisis, se evaluó si una estrategia más conservadora impacta en la recuperación renal. ¿Será que menos es más? Únete a la discusión del ensayo clínico LIBERATE...
www.nephjc.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Gracias! @dramiliflores.bsky.social #NephSky
LIBERATE-D: El Resumen Visual — #NephJC
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12/14/liberate-d-el-resumen-visual
LIBERATE-D: El Resumen Visual — #NephJC
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/12/14/liberate-d-el-resumen-visual
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Join us for the last #NephJC of 2025, 12/16/25 at 9pm EST!🥳
How soon should we withhold dialysis in AKI?
We're discussing the LIBERATE-D trial #NephSky
This one might just change your mind 🧠🧠
Blog by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/liberated-aki
How soon should we withhold dialysis in AKI?
We're discussing the LIBERATE-D trial #NephSky
This one might just change your mind 🧠🧠
Blog by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/liberated-aki
Dialyze Less, Recover More? AKI’s Chance to Get LIBERATE-D — NephJC
This week, we will discuss whether less is more when it comes to discontinuing dialysis in patients with AKI and a chance to recover.
www.nephjc.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Join us for the last #NephJC of 2025, 12/16/25 at 9pm EST!🥳
How soon should we withhold dialysis in AKI?
We're discussing the LIBERATE-D trial #NephSky
This one might just change your mind 🧠🧠
Blog by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/liberated-aki
How soon should we withhold dialysis in AKI?
We're discussing the LIBERATE-D trial #NephSky
This one might just change your mind 🧠🧠
Blog by @msocomd.bsky.social and @sejalplakhani.bsky.social
www.nephjc.com/news/liberated-aki
Reposted by Cristina Popa
The LIBERATE-D VA by
@sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Should we break the pattern of thrice weekly dialysis in AKI-D? #NephJC #NephSky
www.nephjc.com/news/liberateva
@sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Should we break the pattern of thrice weekly dialysis in AKI-D? #NephJC #NephSky
www.nephjc.com/news/liberateva
LIBERATE-D: The Visual Abstract — NephJC
In patients with dialysis-dependent acute kidney injury, a conservative dialysis strategy was evaluated in the LIBERATE-D trial. Could less be more? Join the discussion in #NephJC, but first, check ou...
www.nephjc.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The LIBERATE-D VA by
@sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Should we break the pattern of thrice weekly dialysis in AKI-D? #NephJC #NephSky
www.nephjc.com/news/liberateva
@sejalplakhani.bsky.social
Should we break the pattern of thrice weekly dialysis in AKI-D? #NephJC #NephSky
www.nephjc.com/news/liberateva
Reposted by Cristina Popa
11/10
Up next 12/16/25 we’re talking about AKI and best strategies for renal recovery from dialysis #nephjc
LIBERATE-D, simultaneous @jama.com publication during #KidneyWk pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Up next 12/16/25 we’re talking about AKI and best strategies for renal recovery from dialysis #nephjc
LIBERATE-D, simultaneous @jama.com publication during #KidneyWk pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury: The Liberation From Acute Dialysis (LIBERATE-D) Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04218370.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
11/10
Up next 12/16/25 we’re talking about AKI and best strategies for renal recovery from dialysis #nephjc
LIBERATE-D, simultaneous @jama.com publication during #KidneyWk pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Up next 12/16/25 we’re talking about AKI and best strategies for renal recovery from dialysis #nephjc
LIBERATE-D, simultaneous @jama.com publication during #KidneyWk pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201895/
Reposted by Cristina Popa
1/10
Welcome to #TenPostNephJC
Last #NephJC we discussed the PISCES study 🐟 on the role of fish oil on cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. This study was presented at Kidney Week with simultaneous publication, and was as unexpected as a shark attack🦈.
Welcome to #TenPostNephJC
Last #NephJC we discussed the PISCES study 🐟 on the role of fish oil on cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. This study was presented at Kidney Week with simultaneous publication, and was as unexpected as a shark attack🦈.
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1/10
Welcome to #TenPostNephJC
Last #NephJC we discussed the PISCES study 🐟 on the role of fish oil on cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. This study was presented at Kidney Week with simultaneous publication, and was as unexpected as a shark attack🦈.
Welcome to #TenPostNephJC
Last #NephJC we discussed the PISCES study 🐟 on the role of fish oil on cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients. This study was presented at Kidney Week with simultaneous publication, and was as unexpected as a shark attack🦈.
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Our take on the baxdrostat PA trial in @asnpublications.bsky.social #KidneyNews
www.kidneynews.org/view/journal... with @nephroseeker.medsky.social and @dramiliflores.bsky.social !
Thanks to Sam Kant and @kdjhaveri.bsky.social for the invite!!
www.kidneynews.org/view/journal... with @nephroseeker.medsky.social and @dramiliflores.bsky.social !
Thanks to Sam Kant and @kdjhaveri.bsky.social for the invite!!
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Our take on the baxdrostat PA trial in @asnpublications.bsky.social #KidneyNews
www.kidneynews.org/view/journal... with @nephroseeker.medsky.social and @dramiliflores.bsky.social !
Thanks to Sam Kant and @kdjhaveri.bsky.social for the invite!!
www.kidneynews.org/view/journal... with @nephroseeker.medsky.social and @dramiliflores.bsky.social !
Thanks to Sam Kant and @kdjhaveri.bsky.social for the invite!!
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Transplant coming with ….rabies from a 🦨 with an unfortunately fatal outcome for one (and all other transplanted organs being removed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/h... gift link
h/t @boback.bsky.social
#NephSky #OrganTransplant
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/h... gift link
h/t @boback.bsky.social
#NephSky #OrganTransplant
Kidney Recipient Dies After Transplant From Organ Donor Who Had Rabies
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Transplant coming with ….rabies from a 🦨 with an unfortunately fatal outcome for one (and all other transplanted organs being removed)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/h... gift link
h/t @boback.bsky.social
#NephSky #OrganTransplant
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/h... gift link
h/t @boback.bsky.social
#NephSky #OrganTransplant
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Hyponatremia: Diagnostic algorithm from @kidneyboy.bsky.social #Nephpearls #NephSky
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December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hyponatremia: Diagnostic algorithm from @kidneyboy.bsky.social #Nephpearls #NephSky
👉 shop.lww.com/Handbook-of-...
👉 shop.lww.com/Handbook-of-...
Reposted by Cristina Popa
A new web-based tool called TraceOrg has been developed to accurately measure kidney, liver, and cyst volumes in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) using MRI scans. Read more in #ASNJASN: kidney.pub/JASN0904
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A new web-based tool called TraceOrg has been developed to accurately measure kidney, liver, and cyst volumes in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) using MRI scans. Read more in #ASNJASN: kidney.pub/JASN0904
Reposted by Cristina Popa
Circulating #Testican-2 and #MGT5A are Markers of #Membranous Nephropathy
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00705-3/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00705-3/fulltext
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Circulating #Testican-2 and #MGT5A are Markers of #Membranous Nephropathy
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00705-3/fulltext
#VisualAbstract by Cristina Popa
https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00705-3/fulltext
🆕 #NephJCshort by @brianrifkin.bsky.social
RETREAT-FRAIL- pragmatic RCT: is less BP medication worse in octogenarians?
www.nephjc.com/news/hyperte...
RETREAT-FRAIL- pragmatic RCT: is less BP medication worse in octogenarians?
www.nephjc.com/news/hyperte...
NephJC Shorts: Hypertension and The Extreme Elderly — NephJC
The NephJC shorts version of the Hypertension medication step-down in a nursing home population from NEJM
www.nephjc.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM