Anitha Vijayan MD
@vijayanmd.bsky.social
Nephrologist, senior medical director Intermountain health kidney services, lifelong learner
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ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
An abstract is unavailable.
journals.lww.com
Very proud of this ASN Guidance on outpatient AKI-D care; an exceptional group of colleagues including co-chair Michael Heung. Some practical points- warm hand-off, AKI specific orders (avoid “DW”), prevent dialytrauma, active monitoring for renal recovery.
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
Will add this to the things that would not have made my bingo card - My daughter said recently watched a podcast where Travis Scott said his childhood goal was to be a nephrologist!!
Google did the rest 👇
Really want to know who this cool nephrologist uncle was :-)
hiphopdx.com/news/travis-...
Google did the rest 👇
Really want to know who this cool nephrologist uncle was :-)
hiphopdx.com/news/travis-...
Travis Scott Opens Up About Unlikely Pre-Music Career Plan: ‘That’s All I Wanted To Do’ – HipHopDX
hiphopdx.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Will add this to the things that would not have made my bingo card - My daughter said recently watched a podcast where Travis Scott said his childhood goal was to be a nephrologist!!
Google did the rest 👇
Really want to know who this cool nephrologist uncle was :-)
hiphopdx.com/news/travis-...
Google did the rest 👇
Really want to know who this cool nephrologist uncle was :-)
hiphopdx.com/news/travis-...
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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 9:26 PM
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...
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Florida man (medical resident) shoots an….Indiana Nephrologist?
This story seems nuts www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/
h/t @vijayanmd.bsky.social @grahamabra.bsky.social
#NephSky
This story seems nuts www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/
h/t @vijayanmd.bsky.social @grahamabra.bsky.social
#NephSky
In the shooting of an Indiana kidney doctor, fresh echoes of the UnitedHealthcare murder and the specter of vigilante violence
Long-running questions about kidney dialysis don’t justify shooting, prosecutor says
www.cbsnews.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Florida man (medical resident) shoots an….Indiana Nephrologist?
This story seems nuts www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/
h/t @vijayanmd.bsky.social @grahamabra.bsky.social
#NephSky
This story seems nuts www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/
h/t @vijayanmd.bsky.social @grahamabra.bsky.social
#NephSky
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Hilarious (and sobering) essay on the use of AI in medical research & manuscript writing
Read the whole thing!
John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MedSky #NephSky
Read the whole thing!
John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MedSky #NephSky
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Writing. The Danger of Trying Too Hard to Please
The author describes his experience using several artificial intelligence programs to assist in the process of editing or preparing manuscripts for publication. While the programs were very useful to...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hilarious (and sobering) essay on the use of AI in medical research & manuscript writing
Read the whole thing!
John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MedSky #NephSky
Read the whole thing!
John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MedSky #NephSky
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This week at the Ottawa #NephGR
we have @vijayanmd.bsky.social from Intermountain Health on outpatient dialysis after AKI
#NephSky
we have @vijayanmd.bsky.social from Intermountain Health on outpatient dialysis after AKI
#NephSky
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This week at the Ottawa #NephGR
we have @vijayanmd.bsky.social from Intermountain Health on outpatient dialysis after AKI
#NephSky
we have @vijayanmd.bsky.social from Intermountain Health on outpatient dialysis after AKI
#NephSky
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Very nice catch!
And word descriptions (small/regular/large) are quite meaningless across manufacturers - see from @amjhypertension.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...
And word descriptions (small/regular/large) are quite meaningless across manufacturers - see from @amjhypertension.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...
May 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Very nice catch!
And word descriptions (small/regular/large) are quite meaningless across manufacturers - see from @amjhypertension.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...
And word descriptions (small/regular/large) are quite meaningless across manufacturers - see from @amjhypertension.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...
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Aaand it’s official, we have a new antihypertensive class!!!! 🎉🍾🎊
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM
Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone
synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension
are limited. In this mult...
www.nejm.org
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Aaand it’s official, we have a new antihypertensive class!!!! 🎉🍾🎊
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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But…very low SGLT2i/GLP1 use in this study, so we are living in a different world.
Plus we don’t stop either of those meds in CKD/CKD5 not on dialysis #NephJC
Plus we don’t stop either of those meds in CKD/CKD5 not on dialysis #NephJC
a woman says " we live in a different " while wearing a polka dot shirt
ALT: a woman says " we live in a different " while wearing a polka dot shirt
media.tenor.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
But…very low SGLT2i/GLP1 use in this study, so we are living in a different world.
Plus we don’t stop either of those meds in CKD/CKD5 not on dialysis #NephJC
Plus we don’t stop either of those meds in CKD/CKD5 not on dialysis #NephJC
Honored to attend my good friend’s and outstanding clinical researcher’s Dr Kathleen Liu’s Shaul Massry endowed lecture at #NKFClinicals
Sepsis associated AKI
Sepsis associated AKI
April 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Honored to attend my good friend’s and outstanding clinical researcher’s Dr Kathleen Liu’s Shaul Massry endowed lecture at #NKFClinicals
Sepsis associated AKI
Sepsis associated AKI
The @akdhjournal.bsky.social Post-hospital AKI care issue is out! #NKFClinicals
Huge thanks to Dr Thakar for the invite! Enjoyed working with J Neyra @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social M Heung, C Hsu SSilver I McCoy and many others! Also 🙏🙏 for 3 compelling patient voices!
www.akdh.org/issue/S2949-...
Huge thanks to Dr Thakar for the invite! Enjoyed working with J Neyra @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social M Heung, C Hsu SSilver I McCoy and many others! Also 🙏🙏 for 3 compelling patient voices!
www.akdh.org/issue/S2949-...
April 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The @akdhjournal.bsky.social Post-hospital AKI care issue is out! #NKFClinicals
Huge thanks to Dr Thakar for the invite! Enjoyed working with J Neyra @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social M Heung, C Hsu SSilver I McCoy and many others! Also 🙏🙏 for 3 compelling patient voices!
www.akdh.org/issue/S2949-...
Huge thanks to Dr Thakar for the invite! Enjoyed working with J Neyra @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social M Heung, C Hsu SSilver I McCoy and many others! Also 🙏🙏 for 3 compelling patient voices!
www.akdh.org/issue/S2949-...
Truly an honor to chat with @nkf-professionals.bsky.social prez Kirk Campbell! Leading the way with brilliance, kindness, and engagement! #NKFclinicals #nephsky
@aisha-shaikh.bsky.social
@aisha-shaikh.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Truly an honor to chat with @nkf-professionals.bsky.social prez Kirk Campbell! Leading the way with brilliance, kindness, and engagement! #NKFclinicals #nephsky
@aisha-shaikh.bsky.social
@aisha-shaikh.bsky.social
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“Thus, the apparent reduction in the incidence of AKI in the PROTECTION trial may be more an ephemera than a meaningful clinical benefit.”
Paul Palevsky
#NephSky
(Also, read the whole thing)
Paul Palevsky
#NephSky
(Also, read the whole thing)
Dr. Paul Palevsky shares his #CJASN perspective on the results of the Intravenous Amino Acid Therapy for Kidney Protection in Cardiac Surgery (PROTECTION) trial bit.ly/CJASN0678
#ASNCJASN
#ASNCJASN
April 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Thus, the apparent reduction in the incidence of AKI in the PROTECTION trial may be more an ephemera than a meaningful clinical benefit.”
Paul Palevsky
#NephSky
(Also, read the whole thing)
Paul Palevsky
#NephSky
(Also, read the whole thing)
Interesting that
@sciam.bsky.social will describe an “unlikely” organ as a hero when it comes to hypoxia, altitude and acid-base balance #nephsky
We know kidneys are the everyday heroes 😊😊
www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-u...
@sciam.bsky.social will describe an “unlikely” organ as a hero when it comes to hypoxia, altitude and acid-base balance #nephsky
We know kidneys are the everyday heroes 😊😊
www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-u...
An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas’ Aptitude for Altitude
New work reveals a surprising hero in combating altitude sickness
www.scientificamerican.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Interesting that
@sciam.bsky.social will describe an “unlikely” organ as a hero when it comes to hypoxia, altitude and acid-base balance #nephsky
We know kidneys are the everyday heroes 😊😊
www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-u...
@sciam.bsky.social will describe an “unlikely” organ as a hero when it comes to hypoxia, altitude and acid-base balance #nephsky
We know kidneys are the everyday heroes 😊😊
www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-u...
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The 2nd ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring AKI @asnpublications.bsky.social in JASN
Listen to the podcast on ASN Kidney Translation with @vijayanmd.bsky.social and Dr Heung here
www.asn-online.org/media/podcas...
Listen to the podcast on ASN Kidney Translation with @vijayanmd.bsky.social and Dr Heung here
www.asn-online.org/media/podcas...
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The 2nd ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring AKI @asnpublications.bsky.social in JASN
Listen to the podcast on ASN Kidney Translation with @vijayanmd.bsky.social and Dr Heung here
www.asn-online.org/media/podcas...
Listen to the podcast on ASN Kidney Translation with @vijayanmd.bsky.social and Dr Heung here
www.asn-online.org/media/podcas...
Very proud of this ASN Guidance on outpatient AKI-D care; an exceptional group of colleagues including co-chair Michael Heung. Some practical points- warm hand-off, AKI specific orders (avoid “DW”), prevent dialytrauma, active monitoring for renal recovery.
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
An abstract is unavailable.
journals.lww.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Very proud of this ASN Guidance on outpatient AKI-D care; an exceptional group of colleagues including co-chair Michael Heung. Some practical points- warm hand-off, AKI specific orders (avoid “DW”), prevent dialytrauma, active monitoring for renal recovery.
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
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Who even cares about PO4 binders!
Maybe do a natural experiment if that mattered clinically?
Stop the binders and QoL will surely go up?
Maybe do a natural experiment if that mattered clinically?
Stop the binders and QoL will surely go up?
January 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Who even cares about PO4 binders!
Maybe do a natural experiment if that mattered clinically?
Stop the binders and QoL will surely go up?
Maybe do a natural experiment if that mattered clinically?
Stop the binders and QoL will surely go up?
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The Dept of HHS announces the winners of the HHS- @asnkidney.bsky.social $7.25 million #KidneyX sustainability award
www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
#GreenNephrology
www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
#GreenNephrology
January 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Dept of HHS announces the winners of the HHS- @asnkidney.bsky.social $7.25 million #KidneyX sustainability award
www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
#GreenNephrology
www.hhs.gov/about/news/2...
#GreenNephrology
Incredible effort by Shruti Gupta, David Leaf on this multicenter collaboration and publication on MTX toxicity and AKI. Very proud to be part of this group!
Glucarpidase associated with 2.7 fold higher adjusted odds of renal recovery!
#nephsky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760780/
Glucarpidase associated with 2.7 fold higher adjusted odds of renal recovery!
#nephsky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760780/
Glucarpidase for Treatment of High-Dose Methotrexate Toxicity - PubMed
High-dose methotrexate (MTX) results in high rates of acute kidney injury (AKI), neutropenia, and hepatotoxicity. Glucarpidase is a recombinant enzyme that cleaves MTX, but clinical data supporting it...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Incredible effort by Shruti Gupta, David Leaf on this multicenter collaboration and publication on MTX toxicity and AKI. Very proud to be part of this group!
Glucarpidase associated with 2.7 fold higher adjusted odds of renal recovery!
#nephsky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760780/
Glucarpidase associated with 2.7 fold higher adjusted odds of renal recovery!
#nephsky
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39760780/
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➡️ Up next on #NephJC #NephSky 🦋
Join us for some high pressure discussion on Dec 3,4 as we discuss #BPROAD from #NEJM
nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Tweetorial by @drpallaviprasad.bsky.social
Join us for some high pressure discussion on Dec 3,4 as we discuss #BPROAD from #NEJM
nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Tweetorial by @drpallaviprasad.bsky.social
Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes | NEJM
Effective targets for systolic blood-pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes
are unclear. We enrolled patients 50 years of age or older with type 2 diabetes, elevated
systolic blood press...
nejm.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 AM
➡️ Up next on #NephJC #NephSky 🦋
Join us for some high pressure discussion on Dec 3,4 as we discuss #BPROAD from #NEJM
nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Tweetorial by @drpallaviprasad.bsky.social
Join us for some high pressure discussion on Dec 3,4 as we discuss #BPROAD from #NEJM
nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Tweetorial by @drpallaviprasad.bsky.social
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that time I called nephrology about one of their acute renal failure patients acting altered and he asked "is he still taking Gabapentin?" and I said "f*ck"
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 AM
that time I called nephrology about one of their acute renal failure patients acting altered and he asked "is he still taking Gabapentin?" and I said "f*ck"
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As a kidney doc I think you should worry more about the Chloride than the Fluoride
November 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
As a kidney doc I think you should worry more about the Chloride than the Fluoride