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The new #AskRenal bot. Crowdsourcing answers to Nephrology questions! A @nephjc initiative, based @UAlberta #Academic a/c. Bot Questions? DM - @dr_nikhilshah

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Shehu Yusuf

@itsshehu

2 years

36 year-old female who is 3 years+ post kidney transplant with biopsy proven FSGS NOS with zero proteinuria but with rising SCr. What to do? #askrenal

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Nikhil Shah MBBS DNB(IM, Neph)🇨🇦

@dr_nikhilshah

2 years

Discussing volume management with the awesome #peritonealdialysis nurses in the unit soon! This will be a mixed group of learners with a broad range of experience. What points would you definitely discuss? #askrenal #homedialysis

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Nikhil Shah MBBS DNB(IM, Neph)🇨🇦

@dr_nikhilshah

2 years

#askrenal @nephrodby Kidney #cyst

Roger Rodby

@NephRodby

2 years

50 y/o with cysts in kidney and liver, read as PKD. GFR nl. no FH of CKD or PKD. Natera genetic testing negative for PKD 1 and 2. Are there variants not picked up by that panel? @fouadchebib @AskRenal

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Mike Turk

@michaelturk6

2 years

Are there any nephrologists out there who practice general internal medicine in addition to nephrology? In what capacity (Hospitalist vs clinic)? And what kind of setting (academic vs private)? #askrenal #NephTwitter #MedTwitter

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Tired & Sakit 🇲🇾

@tulunsokit

2 years

Can you get hemoglobinuria with acute gastroenteritis which spontaneously resolves without treatment? #AskRenal

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Anwitha Varmudy

@AVarmudy

2 years

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia with uric acid more than Or equal to 10 mg/dl- any clear guidelines on treatment of this subgroup in any stage of CKD? What about treatment of any asymptomatic hyperuricemia in later stages of CKD? #askrenal

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Nikhil Shah MBBS DNB(IM, Neph)🇨🇦

@dr_nikhilshah

2 years

#askrenal

Wael Hussein

@Teknofiliac

2 years

For home blood pressure, what do you tell your patient? 1 of 4 How many readings should you get in one sitting? @askrenal @NephJC #HomeBP @BhallaResearch @StanfordNeph

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Joel M. Topf, MD FACP

@kidney_boy

2 years

#AskRenal @Amyloid_Planet

David N. Alter MPH MD DABCC🧬

@ClinChemMD

2 years

For Nephrologists & Hematologists especially; re: UPEP interpretations; how do you utilize the descriptions of proteinuria; GLOMERULAR and TUBULAR?? Please retweet to your colleagues; @NephRodby @sparks @kidney_boy @AaronGoodman33 @myelomaMD @VincentRK

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Abdul Wali Nuristani

@WaliNuri

2 years

@Ask_Renal What calculator do you use for contrast associated kidney injury? Regardless of your feeling whether this is a real entity or fake news. @kidney_boy @hswapnil #AskRenal

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nilu desai

@niludesai1

2 years

IR refused tunneled hd catheter placement because hemoglobin was less than 8 g/dL ( pt hgb was 7.8 g/dL). Is there any evidence to support a particular hgb threshold for catheter placement? #askrenal

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Andrej Ganobjak

@GanobjakAndrej

2 years

44y old wo. CKD G3b d to NSAID overuse in history. Admited with AKI 2 with severe hypoNa severe hypoK and severe hyperCa. High urine Na,K,Cl. Normal urine Ca, low urine P. HypoK and metabolic alcalosis in history for years. Mg level normal, vitD and ipth normal ideas? #askrenal

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Renal Path Labs

@RenalPathLabs

2 years

Monoclonal Diseases Case 1 Proliferative GN with IgA-Kappa deposits Case 2 Cast Nephropathy with several Amyloidogenic Casts #RenalPath #PathTwitter #AskRenal Stay alert for Monoclonal diseases!

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Renal Path Labs

@RenalPathLabs

2 years

In post Tx TMA in kidney Tx if significant glomerulitis or ptc margination are not seen, can u completely rule out ABMR?? #PathTwitter #RenalPath #AskRenal #AskrenalPath

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Renal Path Labs

@RenalPathLabs

2 years

What is the commonest aetiology of TMA in very early post Tx period- Day1/2/3 in your practice??? #PathTwitter #RenalPath #AskRenal #AskRenalPath

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Shabna Sulaiman

@DrSS_neph

2 years

To the transplant nephrologists - are we justified in proceeding without starting maintenance IS on day -2 or day -5 in a low immunologist risk preemptive transplant recipient? #askrenal

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Wael Hussein

@Teknofiliac

2 years

Are there any studies on the use of POCUS for HHD? Particularly to help with cannulation? #AskRenal @NephJC #POCUS #HHD

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Andy

@Andy06409641

2 years

#askrenal #NephTwitter what’s a good way/illustration/analogy to explain how ACEis/ARBs are renoprotective in DKD to non-medically inclined patients?

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