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Bill Whittier
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social
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Nephrologist @ RUSH Univ Chicago
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arvindcanchi.bsky.social
A hospital-wide policy to administer lactated Ringer’s solution rather than normal saline did not result in a significantly lower incidence of death or readmission to the hospital within 90 days after the index admission.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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asnpublications.bsky.social
Clinical variables and antibody levels predict remission in PLA2R-membranous nephropathy over 3 or 6 months of treatment, with 3-month models allowing earlier assessment of response. bit.ly/CJASN0694
#ASNCJASN
May 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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kidneyboy.bsky.social
By far my favorite KIDNEYcon memory and possibly my favorite nephrology conference moment. The karaoke Uber with Tim Yau singing Taylor Swift as we came home from John Arthur's Martinis and Meatballs party
May 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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glombandit.bsky.social
Hahaha . . What kind of world we must live in if Swap would be considered an evil no-gooder.
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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christosargyrop.bsky.social
We should have stopped the count a full decade ago after the original #nephgate was exposed with @nephrowhitt.bsky.social mugshot.
We didn't thus allow the election of topics to be stolen by evil no gooders like @hswapnil.medsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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ajkd.bsky.social
🎉Congrats to these #NephMadness 2025 Grand Prize Winners:

🏆 Top Medical Student: Linh Luong

🏆 Top Fellow Score: Claudia Villegas

🏆 Top Resident Score: @therealdrdub.bsky.social

🏆 Top Attending Score: @nephrowhitt.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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hswapnil.medsky.social
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social and @proximal-baxi.bsky.social eh?

Remember #NephGate anyone?

#NephMadness #RushRenalRules
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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nephroseeker.medsky.social
Congrats to the #NephMadness winners! 👑

👏 🥇Mel Hoenig and @glombandit.bsky.social

🔝Also, lots of familiar names in the top 10%
@verner-venegas.bsky.social @basunephro.bsky.social @nephrowhitt.bsky.social @proximal-baxi.bsky.social @drmontomoli.bsky.social @arvindcanchi.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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proximal-baxi.bsky.social
That time again. Join us for another great GN case TODAY with Rush Nephrology's Biopsy Conference! Thursday, 2/20, 1 PM CST (starting in 60 minutes). Zoom info below.
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social

@nephsim.bsky.social

#nephrologyrules #RushRenalRules
February 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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proximal-baxi.bsky.social
That time again. Join us for another great GN case TODAY with Rush Nephrology's Biopsy Conference! Thursday, 2/13, 1 PM CST (starting in 10 minutes). Zoom info below.
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social
@nephsim.bsky.social
#nephrologyrules #RushRenalRules
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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nephjc.bsky.social
Think primary aldosteronism means hypertension, hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis...think again. Can undercover hyperaldosteronism be a key to CKD?🔎
#NephJC chat 2/11/25 at 9pm EST #NephSky
www.nephjc.com/news/primary...
Undercover Aldosterone — NephJC
This week, we will discuss the origins of primary hyperaldosteronism in normotensive patients. Could this undetected anomaly be the cause of idiopathic hypertension and CKD?
www.nephjc.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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jyndvthsn.bsky.social
20F with MN BUT full house staining IF. Neg ANA/dsDNA. Associated neph syndrome. Minimal response to ritux x2. Minimal response to MMF (attempt to rx for presumed prolif LN). Next step? Not the most reliable patient so 'easy' regimens preferred 🙏🏾 @askrenal.bsky.social @nephrowhitt.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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grahamabra.bsky.social
This is interesting

Aerococcus sanquinicola and Aerococcus urinae in the urine metabolizing creatinine resulting in false low readings with implications for UPCR, UACR and 24 hour urine creatinine collections

www.kireports.org/article/S246...
A Patient With Unmeasurable Urine Creatinine
A 74-year-old female presented with proteinuria at the nephrology department. Her medical history noted multiple cerebrovascular accidents. Her medication included a daily dosage of clopidogrel 75 mg,...
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January 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
nephrowhitt.bsky.social
I've decided that "hyponasality" is my least favorite diagnosis when i am on call because it makes me type 6 letters before i get to the fun diagnoses
January 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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asnkidney.bsky.social
🚨One Week Left: Apply for Kidney TREK 2025🚨

Hands-on nephrology experience + mentorship at your choice of location:

🏞️ MDIBL: Research with model organisms.
🏙️ UChicago: Renal physiology and procedures.

Apply by January 22 🔗https://www.asn-online.org/treks

📷 Credits: Arvin Halim
January 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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proximal-baxi.bsky.social
That time again. Join us for another great GN case tomorrow with Rush Nephrology's Biopsy Conference! Thursday, 1/16, 1 PM CST. Zoom info below.
@nephrowhitt.bsky.social @nephsim.bsky.social #nephrologyrules #RushRenalRules
January 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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jzrenalpath.bsky.social
Hope many of you can join tomorrow morning. Hopefully a diversion for any of us impacted by the LA fires. #renalpath #nephsky #pathsky

A Medley of Renal Pathology Cases from Pediatric Patients

ID: 875 5077 1266
Passcode 202122

sign up 👉🏻 bit.ly/3zm4tYy

#GlomCon
January 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The efficacy and safety of half-dose glucocorticoids combined with #rituximab versus high-dose glucocorticoids for initial treatment of minimal change disease: a single-center experience
#nephsky
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January 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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proximal-baxi.bsky.social
We are excited to restart our #RushNephrology #RUMC_RBC Biopsy Conference for 2025! First session tomorrow, thursday, 1/9 at 1 PM CST. See below.
@nephsim.bsky.social @nephrowhitt.bsky.social
#NephrologyRules
January 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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sarahsanghavi.bsky.social
Some light holiday reading courtesy of @ajkd.bsky.social and my co-author @captainchloride.bsky.social. The questions sync up with scenes in Home Alone. 😉

Unfortunately, we have no cat related commentary. That’s there for general cuteness (and a different paper on feline CKD)
Disorders of Volume: Core Curriculum 2025
Historically, the paradigm for all maladies was associated with an imbalance of the 4 humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Although our…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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captainchloride.bsky.social
Excited to share our core curriculum on volume disorder in @ajkd.bsky.social! Thanks to @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social for writing this with me and @melhoenig.bsky.social for the invitation!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Disorders of Volume: Core Curriculum 2025
Historically, the paradigm for all maladies was associated with an imbalance of the 4 humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Although our…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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ajkd.bsky.social
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

Have you encountered a tricky case that could be submitted as a Quiz to help others learn?

Details on the #AJKDBlog: https://bit.ly/3OjKpdd

All Quizzes are freely available: https://bit.ly/3B4vccS
December 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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asnkidney.bsky.social

Thanks to the dedication of the kidney community—readership, studies, and contributions—2024 was an incredible year for ASN publications, showcasing impactful articles, insightful reviews, and engaging visual abstracts. Explore the highlights in the 2024 End-of-Year Report: bit.ly/yearendpubsr...
December 20, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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kidneyboy.bsky.social
9.8 grams of caffeine...not good.
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December 20, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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proximal-baxi.bsky.social
An amazing evening with friends and colleagues ! Continuing the annual holiday #ChicagoGNcrew get together! Missing suneel, kana, Shikha and yoni! @laurendwyer.bsky.social
#Nephrology
December 21, 2024 at 3:12 AM