The Filtrate: Joel Topf Swapnil Hiremath With Special Guest: Michelle Hladunewich, Nephrologist at the University of Toronto Mir Melamed, Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Toronto Editor Simon Topf Show Notes Priscilla Smith’s letter: Dear Joel and the Freely Filtered team, I am a long-time fan of your podcast and was looking forward to hearing your recently aired discussion of the Praecis study of sflt1:PlGF use in preeclampsia. Preeclampsia and renal disease in pregnancy are areas that many nephrologists report a lack of knowledge or confidence in discussing and managing. I am a n ..read more

We had a great NephJC get together. We recorded the whole event and packaged it into a podcast. Musical entertainment Tim Yau (@Maximal_Change) Too Sweet by Hozier Fairy Tale of New York by written Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan. Hear it performed by the Pogues. Interview of Tom Mueller Tom Mueller author of How to Make a Killing Jade Teakall@jmteakell Graham Abra@GrahamAbra Interview of Tom Mueller Tom Mueller author of How to Make a Killing Jade Teakall @jmteakell Graham Abra @GrahamAbra NephMadness logo reveal NephJC Kidneys NephJC blog post NephJC Manuscript of the Year: Flow accepted by Meg ..read more

The Filtrate: Jennie Lin Joel Topf Josh Waitzman Swapnil Hiremath With Special Guests Pedro Teixeira Jay Koyner Editor Sophia Ambruso Show Notes The article: A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection NephJC Summary KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury (PDF) Steve Coca study Evaluation of Short-Term Changes in Serum Creatinine Level as a Meaningful End Point in Randomized Clinical Trials (PubMed) Using Nephrocheck to prevent AKI: Prevention of cardiac surgery-associated AKI by implementing the KDIGO guidelines in high risk patients identified by bi ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Josh Waitzman With Special Guest: Brad Rovin (@BradRovin) Chief of nephrology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, one of the authors of the Nefigard trial. Koyal Jain (@koyaljainMD) Program director of the GN Fellowship at University of North Carolina Roger Rodby (@NephRodby) Associate program director of the Rush University Nephrology Fellowship Editor Sophia Ambruso Show Notes The manuscript (The Lancet | PubMed | NephJC) The Results of Part A (Kidney Int | PubMed) Edmund (Ed) Louis memorium by Steve Korbet in KI Steve Korbet Do not miss this tweet TES ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Swapnil Hiremath Josh Waitzman Nayan Arora Sophia Ambruso With Special Guest: Brendon Neuen Super smart guy and clinical trialist Vlado Perkovic Lead author of FLOW and friend of NephJC Editor Joel Topf Show Notes The manuscript (NEJM): Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes The acronym FLOW from the title: evaluate renal Function with semagLutide Once Weekly (Twitter) Joel wrote a blog post prior to the FLOW publication to try to set the table: Peeking Inside Schrödinger’s Box Brendon’s Neuen’s tweet about total versus chronic ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Swapnil Hiremath AC Gomez Nayan Arora With Special Guest: Anuja Java, complement god and pre-eclampsia research (Twitter) Shannon M. Clark, MD, FACOG, an honest to god, true, maternal-fetal medicine specialist. (Website | Instagram) Editor Nayan Arora Show Notes CHIP Study from 2015 (NEJM | NephMadness 2015) CHAP study from 2022 (NEJM | NephJC) NephMadness 2024 coverage of the diagnosis of preeclampsia sFlt background: Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia and Therapeutic Approaches Targeting the Placenta (PubMed) PlGF background: Perspectives on the Use of Placental Growth Fact ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Swapnil Hiremath Priya Yenebere Nayan Arora With Special Guest: Brendon Neuen Super smart guy and clinical trialist Michelle Rheault Lead author of DUPLEX and friend of the pod Show Notes Sparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis NephJC Summary | PubMed | NEJM KDIGO FSGS Guidelines 2021 (PDF) Characterization of the Clinical Evidence Supporting Repository Corticotropin Injection for FDA-Approved Indications, A Scoping Review (JAMA Internal Medicine) DUET: A Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Sparsentan in Patients with FSGS (Pu ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Swapnil Hiremath Jordy Cohen AC Gomez With Special Guest: Tim Anderson @TimAndersonMD Editor: Priya Yenebere Show Notes Clinical Outcomes of Intensive Inpatient Blood Pressure Management in Hospitalized Older Adults NephJC Summary | PubMed | JAMA Internal Medicine The Jordy AC collab: An Interactive Ambulatory Nephrology Curriculum for Internal Medicine Interns: Design, Implementation, and Participant Feedback (PubMed) Clinical Outcomes After Intensifying Antihypertensive Medication Regimens Among Older Adults at Hospital Discharge (PubMed) Trends in Blood Pressure Trea ..read more

How Medicine Works, and When It Doesn’t Amazon The Filtrate: Joel Topf Josh Waitzman Jennie Lin With Special Guest: Jade Teakell Perry Wilson Editor: Joel Topf Show Notes Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong. Coursera Illusory truth effect (Wikipedia) Number needed to treat (Wikipedia) NNT at MedPage Today: NNT on NephJC Deaths of Despair: Suicide (CDC 2001-2021) Drug Overdose (CDC 2001-2021) Steve Jobs delayed therapy for his treatable pancreatic cancer (ABC News) Residents are unionizing at Mass General Brigham. Here's what you need to know (WBUR) Pi and bouncing bri ..read more

The Filtrate: Joel Topf Nayan Aurora Sophia Ambruso With Special Guest: Michael Collins Editor: Nayan Aurora Show Notes: Twitter is now X (NYT) Michael Collins (the astronaut, not the real one) PlasmaLyte by Baxter NephJC BEST Fluids summary Early Goal Directed Therapy for Sepsis NEJM manuscript which changed practice patterns and welcomed in an era of massive fluid resuscitation. PLUS Trial NEJM SPLIT Trial JAMA BaSICS NephJC Summary SALTED and SMART NephJC Summary Adaptive minimization wikipedia BEST Fluids statistical plan BEST Fluids in CLinicalTrials.gov Delayed Graft Function review in ..read more