Eric Weinhandl
@ericweinhandl.bsky.social
Kidney epidemiology (PhD) + biostatistics (MS). My primary interest is home dialysis. Christian in the LCMS, lifelong Minnesotan, Ole, Gopher, husband, dad x4.
The moment the tide turned against pet raccoons in Minnesota:
May 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The moment the tide turned against pet raccoons in Minnesota:
"Wow" or "Ugh," depending on one's perspective. It is interesting that the HR of death for in-center HD vs home HD is 7.9, with a 95% confidence that extends from 1.0 to 59.6. I'm speechless.
May 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
"Wow" or "Ugh," depending on one's perspective. It is interesting that the HR of death for in-center HD vs home HD is 7.9, with a 95% confidence that extends from 1.0 to 59.6. I'm speechless.
This helped me understand Medicaid provider taxes.
April 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This helped me understand Medicaid provider taxes.
Sounds about right.
April 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sounds about right.
Part of what the authors of the letter actually wrote:
April 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Part of what the authors of the letter actually wrote:
Windsor Heights, Iowa
April 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Windsor Heights, Iowa
At NKF SCM on Thursday, my colleague, Mollie Horn, delivered an excellent oral presentation about our work to make "PD-to-HHD" a reality in DaVita clinics. This transition has been discussed for years, but outside of single centers, the event has never made the leap from "rare" to "repeatable."
April 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
At NKF SCM on Thursday, my colleague, Mollie Horn, delivered an excellent oral presentation about our work to make "PD-to-HHD" a reality in DaVita clinics. This transition has been discussed for years, but outside of single centers, the event has never made the leap from "rare" to "repeatable."
Here it is, and this is through only 2022.
April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here it is, and this is through only 2022.
And here's SOUL. It's close. To my eye, the 4-year d/c % looks ever slightly lower in SOUL, but I'd need one of those digitizer software tools to know for certain 😎
March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And here's SOUL. It's close. To my eye, the 4-year d/c % looks ever slightly lower in SOUL, but I'd need one of those digitizer software tools to know for certain 😎
Although I suppose that the newly published meta-analysis is the counterpoint.
March 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Although I suppose that the newly published meta-analysis is the counterpoint.
Interesting performance of oral semaglutide in the newly published SOUL RCT of pts with high-risk T2DM. Baseline eGFR was 74; so it was lower than in SELECT, and higher than in FLOW. Mind you, this endpoint includes CV death. Without that, HR = 0.86 (but 95% CI is even wider).
March 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Interesting performance of oral semaglutide in the newly published SOUL RCT of pts with high-risk T2DM. Baseline eGFR was 74; so it was lower than in SELECT, and higher than in FLOW. Mind you, this endpoint includes CV death. Without that, HR = 0.86 (but 95% CI is even wider).
CMS confirms that it's over, in some way, shape, or form.
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
CMS confirms that it's over, in some way, shape, or form.
This is cartoonish. Courtesy of NEJM.
March 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is cartoonish. Courtesy of NEJM.
I've had these (and many other Goldfish flavors). They are all 🔥.
February 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I've had these (and many other Goldfish flavors). They are all 🔥.
I'll just copy what I wrote to some colleagues earlier today. (Thank you for motivating me to have a response!)
January 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'll just copy what I wrote to some colleagues earlier today. (Thank you for motivating me to have a response!)
That takes us to range bounded by the first two cells in the first row: 100W at 8 hours/day and 100W at 12 hours/day, respectively. We're down to $40-60 in annual costs.
That's not zero, so electricity costs will matter to impoverished people, but... it is a relatively small amount.
That's not zero, so electricity costs will matter to impoverished people, but... it is a relatively small amount.
December 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
That takes us to range bounded by the first two cells in the first row: 100W at 8 hours/day and 100W at 12 hours/day, respectively. We're down to $40-60 in annual costs.
That's not zero, so electricity costs will matter to impoverished people, but... it is a relatively small amount.
That's not zero, so electricity costs will matter to impoverished people, but... it is a relatively small amount.
Interesting array of statistics about US population change.
December 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Interesting array of statistics about US population change.
An interesting multi-YOY comparison of kidney transplant volume in the United States, courtesy of the OPTN. Very little growth between 2023 and 2024.
December 16, 2024 at 5:21 AM
An interesting multi-YOY comparison of kidney transplant volume in the United States, courtesy of the OPTN. Very little growth between 2023 and 2024.