
Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast
Twice monthly (aspirational) recap of the NephJC journal club. NephJC reviews the most important manuscripts which are driving nephrology forward and improving our understanding of the kidney.
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Aug 20, 2020 • 1h 16min
Freely Filtered 023: Race and Estimated GFR
The Filtrate:Matt SparksJoel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukJennie LinAnd three special guests:Carina Seah a second year MD PhD student Mt Sinai who led the initiative to remove race from the eGFR formulasPoyan Mehr, founder of GlomCon and author of this post on the use of race in eGFR estimating formulas.Deidra Crews Professor of Medicine and researcher in health disparities.Show Notes:Petition for Removal of “Race Correction” in eGFR at Mount Sinai https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJCwVndyzemWCx8RXZLvLm6JLuFN7NdgEFVCFaDnSOk/editDr Murphy, Dean For Clinical Integration And Population Health. Professor And System Chair. https://icahn.mssm.edu/profiles/barbara-murphyThe Bowman Society at the University of Chicago. I can not find a recording of the webinar https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/resources/bowman-societySocial Determinants of Racial Disparities in CKD https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/27/9/2576Socioeconomic Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291541/Shortcomings of the current GFR estimating equations https://pubs.glomcon.org/archives/1491Alan S Go’s work on eGFR, hospitalization and death: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa041031Tangri Kidney Failure Risk Calculation https://kidneyfailurerisk.comDe-adjusting for body surface area: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756662/2018 Nature Reviews Nephrology Porrini Estimated GFR: time for a critical appraisal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-018-0080-9Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1114248Transdermal Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Mice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235579/Worldwide Frequencies of Apolipoprotein L1 Renal Risk Variants https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482949/Health Affairs Blog about when and how to measure race in research: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200630.939347/full/ASN Kidney Stars https://www.asn-online.org/grants/travel/details.aspx?app=MSR

Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 16min
Freely Filtered 022: Uric Acid faces the Music.
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukAnd special guests:Katalin Susztak, Professor of Medicine Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. @KSusztakShow Notes:CKD-FIX: Effects of Allopurinol on the Progression of Chronic Kidney DiseasePERL: Serum Urate Lowering with Allopurinol and Kidney Function in Type 1 DiabetesCoverage at NephJC: Effects of Allopurinol on the Progression of Chronic Kidney DiseaseRichard Johnson’s theory in pay-walled Nature Reviews Nephrology: Hypothesis: fructose-induced hyperuricemia as a causal mechanism for the epidemic of the metabolic syndromeRichard Johnson’s theory in open access Nehrology Dialysis and Transplantation: Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which?PERL: Preventing early renal lossIohexol, good for measuring GFR as well as causing contrast associated nephropathy?Uric acid versus urate: The Crystallization of Monosodium UrateAssociation of HLA-B*5801 allele and allopurinol-induced Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysisWHO list of essential medicationsFixing the numbers, specifically phosphorousGFR Decline as an End Point for Clinical Trials in CKD: A Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug AdministrationCost of allopurinol: $7/month but it is only $9 for 3 monthsFebuxostat Therapy for Patients With Stage 3 CKD and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: A Randomized TrialTipping point analysis - multiple imputation for stress test under missing not at random (MNAR) or a YouTube video if that’s your speed (sorry, I couldn’t find a TikTok on imputation stress tests).Mendelian randomization study of urate and CKD by Ron Do and teamDad jokesFake systematic review by Johnson’s group showing Urate lowering prevented CKDHyperuricemia As a trigger of Immune Response in Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease by Claudio Ponticelli published the week after these two RCTs were published.NEJM Editorial: Urate-Lowering Therapy and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression by Daniel FeigCOVID and PPI manuscriptHashtag the cowboy‘WhatsApp®’ening in nephrology trainingArkana LIVE Pathology SessionsNephJC Summer Book Club. Read Rana Awdish’s In Shock

Jul 14, 2020 • 48min
Freely Filtered 021: Aldosteronism is everywhere
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukMatt SparksJordy CohenAnd special guests:Brian Byrd, a cardiologist investigating aldosteronism at the University of MichiganandSusan Steigerwalt, a nephrologist and hypertension specialist who unfortunately due to technical problems largely was cut out of this episode 😢.The Study: The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary AldosteronismCoverage at NephJC: http://www.nephjc.com/news/aldosterone“What gets measured, gets managed.” Peter Drucker, or notHow much sodium comes from the food processing? 71%. Fourteen percent comes from the food itself, with 5% coming from food prep at home and another 5% from the salt shaker at the table. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024446Surgical versus medical therapy for primary hyperaldosteronism: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10596 .And the editorial by David Calhoun: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.10759I could find no empiric data to support Swap’s supposition that the French and Italian people are more courageous than people in Canada. Citation needed.ENAC inhibitors as treatment for primary hyperaldosteronism: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jch.13566Pathway 3 Trial: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(15)00377-0/fulltextRennin in cow stomachs: http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/stomach/rennin.htmlSodium content of muffins: https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/food/muffins/sodiumThe MICE Package in R: MICE: Multivariate Imputation via Chained Equations) https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2016/03/tutorial-powerful-packages-imputing-missing-values/Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy, Vascular Health and Cardiovascular Disease in Transgender Adults https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13080False-positive aldosterone renin ratios in patients on combined estrogen progesterone treatment (only with direct renin concentration, the plasma renin activity is not fooled) https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/7/2329/3093639John Funder video commentary on the study: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/M20-1758ACD blood pressure guidelines (note the absence of B): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17083059/Pathway 2 study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00257-3/fulltextALLHAT trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12479763/international.org/article/S0085-2538(20)30552-4/abstract

Jun 15, 2020 • 1h 7min
Freely Filtered 020: SGLT2i are diuretics, but not like any other diuretics
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukMatt SparksAnd special guests:Sadiya Kahn a heart failure specialist at Northwestern University. @HeartDocSadiyaandPaul Welling a professor of medicine and nephrology at Johns Hopkins. @PAWellingMDShow Notes:The Study: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.045691Coverage at NephJC: http://www.nephjc.com/news/sglt2mechanismDiuretics for heart failure NEJM Review article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1703100Don’t say renal: https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(20)30233-7/fulltext?mobileUi=0Sanjiv “We pronounce HFpEF huff-puff” Shah, MD https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=16814 and https://asecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shah-HFpEF.pdfHuff Puff is like fetch. It is not going to happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0Did he have buttons? https://ajkdblog.org/2019/06/17/muscle-relaxant-use-in-dialysis/Rate My Room: https://twitter.com/ratemyskyperoom?lang=enReview on Renal Glucosuria from CJASN: https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/5/1/133 and another from the National Organizations of Rare Disorders: https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/renal-glycosuria/Mechanism of Impaired Natriuretic Response to Furosemide during Prolonged Therapy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2811065/Two studies that showed drops in BNP with SGLT2iDAPA HF: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911303DEFINE HF showing nice reduction BNP with dapagliflozen: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31524498/?dopt=AbstractCopeptin, what is it? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18291667/?dopt=AbstractSIADH treatment with empagliflozen: https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/31/3/615.abstract and it is JASN not CJASN. My bad.EVEREST. Tolvaptan for heart failure: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/206251Remdesivir placebo controlled RCT: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764Joel’s Remdesivir study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007016Remdesivir for 5 or 10 Days in Patients with Severe Covid-19: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2015301Swap showing a lot of skepticism to the Lancet HCQ data even before the retraction (which happened after this recording) https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lancet-retracts-surgispheres-study-on-hydroxychloroquine-67613Baclofen is dangerous https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(20)30552-4/abstract

May 24, 2020 • 1h 9min
Freely Filtered 019: CRIC on NSAIDs v Opioids
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathMatt SparksAnd special guests:Joshua Waitzman, third year nephrology fellow at Beth IsraelHarold “Harv” Feldman. Editor in Chief at AJKD and national study chair of CRIC and principal investigator of the Scientific and Data Coordinating Center of the CRIC Study. https://www.dbei.med.upenn.edu/bio/harold-i-feldman-md-msceShow Notes:CRIC: Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort http://www.cristudy.org/NSAID Studies at NephJC:Precision: http://www.nephjc.com/news/2017/1/20/hwgrko70d3z88djtjcmzvwpzlirm6c?rq=precisionArmy of NSAIDs: http://www.nephjc.com/news/nsaids and the podcast (from before the name Freely Filtered, http://www.nephjc.com/freelyfiltered/2019/3/24/nephjc-drive-time-001-an-army-of-nsaids)And this week’s study: CRIC: http://www.nephjc.com/news/nsaids-vs-opioidsMethods at 16:55Matt had to get a mouse study 🐁 in, so here it is: Renal Abnormalities And An Altered Inflammatory Response In Mice Lacking Cyclooxygenase Ii https://www.nature.com/articles/378406a0The Beth Israel Flex, “The first time I read the paper…”Results at 32:46Discussion 48:13Josh King on opioids being nephrotoxic: https://twitter.com/nephrotox/status/1260400636253921281?s=20This Week in CovidThe fight over round spikey things.German autopsy study showing SARS-CoV2 in the kidney: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2011400Kidney International walking back some previous declarations of what they are seeing on EM: https://twitter.com/Kidney_Int/status/1263641195416150018?s=20MedRxIV on AKI with COVID-19 at Mount Sinai Medical Center: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20090944v1Juan Carlos discussing etiologies of AKI in COVID-19 outbreak in New Orleans.https://kidney360.asnjournals.org/content/early/2020/05/13/KID.0002652020Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir–ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31042-4/fulltextFriend of the Podcast, Kenar Jhaveri and his data on COVID19 and AKI in Kidney International. https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(20)30532-9/fulltext

May 14, 2020 • 1h 13min
Freely Filtered 018: ISCHEMIA-CKD, Courage, and Céline Dion
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukJennie LinMatt SparksAnd special guests:David J. Cohen: Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. In addition, he is Medical Director of the Medical Economics and Technology Assessment Group at Mid America Heart Institute. He was previously Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he was also Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Economics and Quality of Life Research at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute. He is on Twitter at @djc795Keith Bellovich: Chief Medical Officer Ascension St John. He is also on the board of directors of the renal physician association where he currently the treasurer/secretary.Show Notes:Ischemia CKD trial: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915925The most famous figure in nephrology: https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/10/7/1606(This figure was originally published in AJKD, but is now behind a paywall, hence the JASN link https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(98)00339-4/pdf)Should Statins Be Banned from Dialysis? https://jasn.asnjournals.org/content/28/6/1675Ischemia trial (not CKD) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1915922Courage trial from 2007: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa070829Drug eluting stents approved in 2003: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug-eluting_stentCéline Dion, Courage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN-ZHOHmvcwDr. Farouk hanging with her close personal friend Ms. Dion: https://twitter.com/ssfarouk/status/1246448332039471107https://twitter.com/ssfarouk/status/1235935956152311808A lot of the enrollment of CKD-Ischemia was from Asia, 25%Methods: 19:40Avoiding the Oculostenotic Reflex: https://www.acc.org/membership/sections-and-councils/fellows-in-training-section/section-updates/2016/02/12/16/29/avoiding-the-oculostenotic-reflexBeta blockers in dialysis patients: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10201019Mehran Score: https://www.mdcalc.com/mehran-score-post-pci-contrast-nephropathyUltra-low contrast coronary angiography and zero-contrast percutaneous coronary intervention for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: step-by-step approach and review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727230/Capsulology 32:30Antiplatelet treatment of STEMI with P2Y12 inhibitors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2Y12#Antiplatelet_treatment_of_STEMIImpact of concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel or ticagrelor on clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4826890/Jennie is an intermediate metabolizer so she will be sluggish to activate P2Y12 inhibitor pro-drugs (which is just about all of them) https://www.mdmag.com/conference-coverage/acc-2018/realtime-genetic-data-impacts-physician-prescribing-behavior-following-stent-proceduresSt John's Wort Supplements Endanger the Success of Organ Transplantation: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/212243Results 37:10Frank Harrell https://twitter.com/f2harrellHis blog: https://www.fharrell.comDiscussion 46:56Samira does not work at NYU.The Argument for Abolishing Cardiac Screening of Asymptomatic Kidney Transplant Candidates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31492488/Coronary-Artery Revascularization before Elective Major Vascular Surgery. The CARP study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041905A Single Ventilator for Multiple Simulated Patients to Meet Disaster Surge https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1197/j.aem.2006.05.009Joel’s enthusiasm for Remdesivir: The COVID Diaries 3: Ladies and Gentleman, I think this tweet is going to get me in trouble… http://pbfluids.com/2020/05/the-covid-diaries-3-the-tweet-heard-round-the-world/Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31022-9/fulltextNIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced COVID-19 https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/nih-clinical-trial-shows-remdesivir-accelerates-recovery-advanced-covid-19

Apr 26, 2020 • 1h 7min
Freely Filtered 017: COVID Autopsy, Acute PD, and Making CRRT Dialysate
The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukJennie LinMatt SparksAnd special guests:Agnes Fozo: John L. Shapiro Chair of Pathology at Vanderbilt University and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AgnesFogoHua Su: Professor of Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaOsama El Shamy: Home Therapy Fellow at Mount Sinai and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/osamaelshamy88Chirag Parikh: Director of Nephrology Johns Hopkins and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KidneydrChiragShow Notes:Mark Denison, Corona virus expert. https://www.vumc.org/viiii/person/mark-r-denison-md and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DenisonLabDiscussion on Twitter that the 3electron microgrpahs may show clathrin coated pits rather than Conorna virus. https://twitter.com/vighnesh_w/status/1250880961463513088?s=20Chris Larsen’s case of collapsing glomerulopathy in a patient with COVID-19 https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(20)31172-4/abstractOsler's rule: States that a neurological defect has to be related to a specific lesion, in contrast to Hickam's dictum, which states that the neurological defect can be due to several lesions.Altered Lipid Metabolism in Recovered SARS Patients Twelve Years after Infection. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831119We don’t record (or roll) on the sabath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPo9OBrIOi4Using a dialysis machine to make CRRT dialysate, the Tweet: https://twitter.com/KidneydrChirag/status/1249867795602583554Derek Fine, Parikh’s partner in crime: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0007605/derek-fine and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DerekFineMDTablo Machine makes its own dialysate. It does not look like a cooler. https://www.outsetmedical.com/tablo/Is Canada a communist country? https://www.quora.com/Is-Canada-a-communist-countryLokelma is not a sponsor of Freely FilteredComplications and Catheter Survival With Prolonged Embedding of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18281722/Ontario Nursing Homes,”It felt like a war zone” https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-04-24/it-felt-war-zone-coronavirus-tears-through-canada-nursing-homes

Apr 14, 2020 • 1h 5min
Freely Filtered 016 MinTac trial and COVID-19 Podcast No. 3
Cast:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukJennie LinMatt SparksAnd special guest Joshua WaitzMartin Pollak: http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20033579.htmlJosh Waitz @jwaitz100 Days of COVID-19: https://www.voanews.com/episode/100-days-covid-19-4236811MinTac: http://www.nephjc.com/news/mintacMy magical experience with minimal change disease. This is not the actual tweet, but a dramatization: http://pbfluids.com/2020/04/the-magic-of-treating-minimal-change-disease/Non-inferiority, NephJC: http://www.nephjc.com/news/2019/7/8/understanding-the-vortex-of-non-inferiority-trialsNon-inferiority, through the looking glass: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21539749/Kevin Fowler on Tacrolimus side effects: https://twitter.com/gratefull080504/status/1247697780736512000?s=20Mt Sinai is converting some transplant patients from tacrolimus to belatecept: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1506027CAPSULOLOGY: Open the “Images” tab https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-10097-6108/tacrolimus-oral/tacrolimus-oral/detailsTacrolimus for your cat and dog dry eye needs: https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/tacrolimus-ophthalmic-in-dogsWHO, NSAIDs, and double negatives: https://twitter.com/kidney_boy/status/1240452941187821570?s=20CJASN stands for the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The C does not stand for Canada. Sorry Swap.Conversion calculator from old world (SI) units, mg/mole Cr, to freedom units (gram protein / gram creatinine): http://www.scymed.com/en/smnxps/psdjf223.htmMichelle Rheault about starting the clock to relapse tweet: https://twitter.com/rheault_m/status/1247703322200596483?s=20Marvin Gonzalez calls for larger studies: https://twitter.com/MarvinGonzlez16/status/1247701186972733442?s=20Acute PD for COVID-19 is discussed in this article from CJASN: https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2020/04/03/CJN.03750320PD for AKI, the experience from Brazil https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525422/The lead author, Daniela Ponce is really the world authority on PD and AKI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ponce%20D%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22641732Nursing home outbreaks in Durham: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article241975401.htmlPrison outbreak: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/06/827922287/inmates-staff-on-edge-as-covid-19-spreads-through-federal-prisonsOttawa COVID-19: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/covid-19-long-term-care-outbreaks-continue-devastating-spread-across-ontario/West Coast herd immunity: https://www.ksbw.com/article/new-study-investigates-californias-possible-herd-immunity-to-covid-19/32073873#The History of HIV associated Nephropathy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494840/Racial breakdown of NYC coronavirus deaths reveals ‘disparities,’ de Blasio says https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/de-blasio-releases-racial-breakdown-data-of-coronavirus-deaths/Michelle Rheault is tired: https://twitter.com/rheault_m/status/1248371721356402689?s=20KidneyCon Lite! Saturday April 18 from 9-11. Kidney Pathology workshop.Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: https://youtu.be/7KBkUyE6MOwDr Glaucomflecken and Telehealth: https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1247709538322657282?s=20NephSim for kindergartner’s https://nephsim.comNephSim live: https://twitter.com/Neph_SIM/status/1247637727048327170?s=20

Apr 9, 2020 • 56min
Freely Filtered 014 COVID-19 Podcast No. 2
Loeb’s Laws of Medicine or Loeb’s Rules of TherapeuticsRobert Frederick Loeb (March 14, 1895-October 21, 1973) was a famous American Physician who provided some very simple common sense approach to treating patients know as:1. If what you are doing is doing good, keep doing it.2. If what you are doing is not doing good, stop doing it.3. If you do not know what to do, do nothing.4. Never make the treatment worse than the disease.The last ‘law’ in present times is often replaced with:“If at all possible, keep your patient out of the operating room.”Or“Above all, never let a surgeon get your patient.”This is a decent reference for this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK13258/Dr. Glaucomflecken gives some tips for attending trying to go back to the ICU: https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1238954558140772354?s=20Francis Deng and going back to become an internist: https://twitter.com/francisdeng/status/1245475268158009349?s=20JCI article on using convalescent serum for treating disease: https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003Human trial of convalescent serum from JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763983 It works! (in uncontrolled, observational trials)Monkeys develop protective antibodies: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1Time course for antibodies and viral clearance in SARS-CoV2 from Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2196-xPeripheral blood monocyte proeonomics: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.31.019216v1.full.pdfCytokine storm in the New York Times. Check mate Rheumatologists: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/health/coronavirus-cytokine-storm-immune-system.htmlDr. Anthony Chang and Thrombi on COVID biopsies: https://twitter.com/ChangUCanSpare/status/1240686922332160001?s=20ASN April 2 Webinar on dialysis and COVID-19 with Anitha Vijayan (among others): https://www.asn-online.org/ntds/resources/Webcast_2020_04_02_COVID-19.mp4UK data on length of ventilatory support (ICNARC): https://t.co/WB1ZnODRFF?amp=1Swap forgot Michele Mokrzycki’s name. Her name is Michele.Samira’s elementary school shampoo: https://www.influenster.com/reviews/pert-plus-classic-clean-2-in-1-shampoo-conditionerProlonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapy (PIRRT): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27113696MDCalc COVID-Resource Center: https://www.mdcalc.com/covid-19Acute PD for COVID-19 is discussed in this article from CJASN: https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2020/04/03/CJN.03750320PD for AKI, the experience from Brazil https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3525422/The lead author, Daniela Ponce is really the world authority on PD and AKI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Ponce%20D%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=22641732NEJM ACE2 review article that Matt didn’t read or peer review: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr2005760NephJC COVID site: http://www.nephjc.com/covid19

Mar 25, 2020 • 1h 3min
Freely Filtered 013 COVID-19 and the Kidney
NephJC’s COVID-19 and the Kidney PatientCast:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukJennie LinMatt SparksShow Notes:The NephJC Page on ACE2 and COVID-19Nature Letter showing AER2’s central role in lung injury (in mice). This was SARS from 2005.Losartan RCT in COVID-19; University of Minnesota:Outpatient NCT04311177Inpatient NCT04312009France's health ministry says NSAIDs may be bad in COVID-19 coverage by CNNWHO Tweets its position on NSAIDs.Early case report on COVID-19 and (heart) transplantMatt’s question to Twitter about cytokine stormASN Webinar on dialysis and COVID-19NephJC page on dialysis and COVID-19Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, one of the giants of peritoneal dialysisTwitter Self Care BotTweetorial on Zoom by SamiraChristos Argyropoulos the Nostradamus of COVID-19