Robert M Centor MACP
@rmcentor.bsky.social
Internal Medicine specialist with a passion for inpatient education. Former Chair Board of Regents, American College of Physicians
I have just posted on substack - why I believe KDIGO made an error with the label AKI. Would love to hear your comments.
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Why I believe KDIGO erred in defining AKI
One should not ignore physiology
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November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I have just posted on substack - why I believe KDIGO made an error with the label AKI. Would love to hear your comments.
leadingrounds.substack.com/p/why-i-beli...
leadingrounds.substack.com/p/why-i-beli...
Reposted by Robert M Centor MACP
#UncleBob proudly presents my first soliloquy podcast
Annals On Call - Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know (Annals of Internal Medicine) www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know (Annals of Internal Medicine) www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know | Annals of Internal Medicine
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May 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
#UncleBob proudly presents my first soliloquy podcast
Annals On Call - Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know (Annals of Internal Medicine) www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Chronic Kidney Disease: What Generalists Need to Know (Annals of Internal Medicine) www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Reposted by Robert M Centor MACP
Cool diagnosis in a dialysis patient
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@rmcentor.bsky.social in the NYT
H/t @doctorajgu.medsky.social
#NephSky
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@rmcentor.bsky.social in the NYT
H/t @doctorajgu.medsky.social
#NephSky
He Was Sure Dialysis Had Caused His Belly Pain. But Why?
The patient’s symptoms had sent him to the emergency room 22 times in the past year.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Cool diagnosis in a dialysis patient
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@rmcentor.bsky.social in the NYT
H/t @doctorajgu.medsky.social
#NephSky
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@rmcentor.bsky.social in the NYT
H/t @doctorajgu.medsky.social
#NephSky
Reposted by Robert M Centor MACP
Build sustainable schedules to support physician well-being www.ama-assn.org/practice-man...
Build sustainable schedules to support physician well-being
Physician schedules often fail to account for time spent on nonpatient-facing tasks. R. John Sawyer, PhD, of Ochsner Health, shares what to change.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Build sustainable schedules to support physician well-being www.ama-assn.org/practice-man...
Podcast
Annals On Call - Lack of Control and Physician Burnout Annals of IM www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
featuring Dr. Chris Sinsky
Please share with every administrator you know.
Annals On Call - Lack of Control and Physician Burnout Annals of IM www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
featuring Dr. Chris Sinsky
Please share with every administrator you know.
ACP Journals
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March 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Podcast
Annals On Call - Lack of Control and Physician Burnout Annals of IM www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
featuring Dr. Chris Sinsky
Please share with every administrator you know.
Annals On Call - Lack of Control and Physician Burnout Annals of IM www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
featuring Dr. Chris Sinsky
Please share with every administrator you know.
Recently had a relative (adolescent) with a severe sore throat, despite antibiotics (had a + strep test), was not improving. Embedded in this case report is how I think about worsening sore throat - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The main differential was PTA vs mono - he had mono and strep!
The main differential was PTA vs mono - he had mono and strep!
Severe Acute Pharyngitis Caused by Group C Streptococcus
Adult group C beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis has a prevalence of approximately 5%. It can present with a broad spectrum of severity. We report a 30-year-old woman who presented with severe G...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Recently had a relative (adolescent) with a severe sore throat, despite antibiotics (had a + strep test), was not improving. Embedded in this case report is how I think about worsening sore throat - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The main differential was PTA vs mono - he had mono and strep!
The main differential was PTA vs mono - he had mono and strep!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
Wonderful tribute to an outstanding singer.
Wonderful tribute to an outstanding singer.
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88 (Gift Article)
With majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ms. Flack, a former schoolteacher, became one of the most widely heard artists of the 1970s.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
Wonderful tribute to an outstanding singer.
Wonderful tribute to an outstanding singer.
Annals On Call - Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
very worthwhile discussion with Rabih Geha and Reza Manesh
very worthwhile discussion with Rabih Geha and Reza Manesh
Annals On Call - Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning | Annals of Internal Medicine
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February 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Annals On Call - Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
very worthwhile discussion with Rabih Geha and Reza Manesh
very worthwhile discussion with Rabih Geha and Reza Manesh
Wonderful morning (after a brutal windy storm overnight). Went for a long walk using the Peloton app. Listened to a walking outside featuring the music of Chaka Khan. It was 30 minutes, and I used it twice. Walked over 3.3 miles
Any #PeletonDocs out there?
Any #PeletonDocs out there?
February 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wonderful morning (after a brutal windy storm overnight). Went for a long walk using the Peloton app. Listened to a walking outside featuring the music of Chaka Khan. It was 30 minutes, and I used it twice. Walked over 3.3 miles
Any #PeletonDocs out there?
Any #PeletonDocs out there?
As I recall, this was the first song that I totally obsessed over. I was released in 1959 when I was 10. Just could not listen to it enough.
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959) youtu.be/rRnXE6Z6NaQ?... via @YouTube
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959) youtu.be/rRnXE6Z6NaQ?... via @YouTube
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959)
YouTube video by 1950s MUSIC
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February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
As I recall, this was the first song that I totally obsessed over. I was released in 1959 when I was 10. Just could not listen to it enough.
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959) youtu.be/rRnXE6Z6NaQ?... via @YouTube
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959) youtu.be/rRnXE6Z6NaQ?... via @YouTube
As you probably know, I host Annals on Call - based on articles from the Annals of Internal Medicine. While I often use new articles, sometimes I go back to classics. Do you have an old Annals article that you think would make a good podcast?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As you probably know, I host Annals on Call - based on articles from the Annals of Internal Medicine. While I often use new articles, sometimes I go back to classics. Do you have an old Annals article that you think would make a good podcast?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
@kidneyboy.bsky.social has taught be this, but Perplexity has helped:
To provide 15 mEq of bicarbonate using baking soda:
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda contains approximately 27 mEq of bicarbonate .
• Therefore, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda would provide roughly 13.5 mEq, close to 15 mEq.
To provide 15 mEq of bicarbonate using baking soda:
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda contains approximately 27 mEq of bicarbonate .
• Therefore, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda would provide roughly 13.5 mEq, close to 15 mEq.
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
@kidneyboy.bsky.social has taught be this, but Perplexity has helped:
To provide 15 mEq of bicarbonate using baking soda:
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda contains approximately 27 mEq of bicarbonate .
• Therefore, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda would provide roughly 13.5 mEq, close to 15 mEq.
To provide 15 mEq of bicarbonate using baking soda:
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda contains approximately 27 mEq of bicarbonate .
• Therefore, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda would provide roughly 13.5 mEq, close to 15 mEq.
Annals On Call - Evidence-Based Treatment of Low Back Pain | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Very useful discussion of this frustrating problem
Very useful discussion of this frustrating problem
Annals On Call - Evidence-Based Treatment of Low Back Pain | Annals of Internal Medicine
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February 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Annals On Call - Evidence-Based Treatment of Low Back Pain | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Very useful discussion of this frustrating problem
Very useful discussion of this frustrating problem
Hoping some rheumatologists here. 30 years ago I had a patient with classic symptoms of PMR and sero-negative RA. The rheumatology primer mentioned that this was an overlap syndrome. PT responded dramatically to low dose prednisone.
Has anyone else seen this?
AI argues NOT
Has anyone else seen this?
AI argues NOT
January 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hoping some rheumatologists here. 30 years ago I had a patient with classic symptoms of PMR and sero-negative RA. The rheumatology primer mentioned that this was an overlap syndrome. PT responded dramatically to low dose prednisone.
Has anyone else seen this?
AI argues NOT
Has anyone else seen this?
AI argues NOT
Monday at morning report, an intern asked a question & apologized because it was slightly off topic. I smiled, and said it was OK because my MR was like James Joyce. About 15 med students, interns & residents) stared. Not one of them had heard of JJ. Do you find that sad? #MedEd
January 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Monday at morning report, an intern asked a question & apologized because it was slightly off topic. I smiled, and said it was OK because my MR was like James Joyce. About 15 med students, interns & residents) stared. Not one of them had heard of JJ. Do you find that sad? #MedEd
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I went to Brooklyn to stand in solidarity with the owner of Miriam, an Israeli restaurant that became the target of antisemitic vandalism.
Jew-hatred will find no refuge in the City of New York. A hate crime against the Jewish community is a hate crime against all of us.
Jew-hatred will find no refuge in the City of New York. A hate crime against the Jewish community is a hate crime against all of us.
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I went to Brooklyn to stand in solidarity with the owner of Miriam, an Israeli restaurant that became the target of antisemitic vandalism.
Jew-hatred will find no refuge in the City of New York. A hate crime against the Jewish community is a hate crime against all of us.
Jew-hatred will find no refuge in the City of New York. A hate crime against the Jewish community is a hate crime against all of us.
One more chalk talk enhanced by Napkin AI. Would love feedback and questions?
How I teach Hypercalcemia diagnosis!
How I teach Hypercalcemia diagnosis!
January 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
One more chalk talk enhanced by Napkin AI. Would love feedback and questions?
How I teach Hypercalcemia diagnosis!
How I teach Hypercalcemia diagnosis!
I am playing around with Napkin - an AI app that converts text into visual content.
Please check out my NAGMA chalk talk in 3 visuals
Please check out my NAGMA chalk talk in 3 visuals
January 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am playing around with Napkin - an AI app that converts text into visual content.
Please check out my NAGMA chalk talk in 3 visuals
Please check out my NAGMA chalk talk in 3 visuals
For some reason, I have decided to reconstruct my musical favorites each decade. Here is my 50s spotify list of my favorite 15. As I left the 50s I was 10 years old. Favorites: Mack the Knife, Tears on My Pillow, (What A) Wonderful World
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Opinions expected!
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Opinions expected!
50s favorites
Playlist · rcentor · 15 items
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January 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For some reason, I have decided to reconstruct my musical favorites each decade. Here is my 50s spotify list of my favorite 15. As I left the 50s I was 10 years old. Favorites: Mack the Knife, Tears on My Pillow, (What A) Wonderful World
open.spotify.com/playlist/7ls...
Opinions expected!
open.spotify.com/playlist/7ls...
Opinions expected!
part 2 of our conversation with the great Dr. Jerome Kassirer
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2 | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2 | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2 | Annals of Internal Medicine
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January 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
part 2 of our conversation with the great Dr. Jerome Kassirer
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2 | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 2 | Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1 Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
A conversation with Dr. Jerome Kassirer (one of my academic heroes).
A conversation with Dr. Jerome Kassirer (one of my academic heroes).
ACP Journals
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January 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1 Annals of Internal Medicine www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
A conversation with Dr. Jerome Kassirer (one of my academic heroes).
A conversation with Dr. Jerome Kassirer (one of my academic heroes).
#MedEd - a new series of questions that came up on rounds
This one is very useful IMO
www.perplexity.ai/search/pleas...
This one is very useful IMO
www.perplexity.ai/search/pleas...
Please find the article that found that amiloride worked as well as...
The article that found amiloride to be as effective as spironolactone for resistant hypertension is based on findings from the PATHWAY-2 study and its...
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January 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#MedEd - a new series of questions that came up on rounds
This one is very useful IMO
www.perplexity.ai/search/pleas...
This one is very useful IMO
www.perplexity.ai/search/pleas...
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,"
As a physician, what is the main thing? How much do we do that does not involve the main thing? Do administrative tasks and regulations help us do the main thing?
Should I write an essay on this topic?
As a physician, what is the main thing? How much do we do that does not involve the main thing? Do administrative tasks and regulations help us do the main thing?
Should I write an essay on this topic?
December 31, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,"
As a physician, what is the main thing? How much do we do that does not involve the main thing? Do administrative tasks and regulations help us do the main thing?
Should I write an essay on this topic?
As a physician, what is the main thing? How much do we do that does not involve the main thing? Do administrative tasks and regulations help us do the main thing?
Should I write an essay on this topic?