Come join us in Brighton for the autumn SpR club meeting on 14-15th October…book on before it’s too late ! eventbrite.co.uk/e/spr-club-aut…

We are excited to announce that the next SpR club Autumn meeting is in sunny (hopefully) Brighton. We will have some of the biggest names in research attending, a great opportunity for networking. Also fish and chips by the seaside is nice. eventbrite.co.uk/e/spr-club-aut…

1/
A patient receiving his first-ever dose of IV Iron (ferumoxytol) suddenly develops diffuse face & trunk flushing, chest pain, myalgias, and anxiety.

Blood pressure is normal and lungs are clear.

You are called to the bedside to assess.

How likely is anaphylaxis?

Out today! The Kidney Beam Trial protocol and baseline paper. A novel digital health intervention to support physical activity and self-management for ppl with CKD. Watch this space for the results- huge potential to impact care Sharlene Greenwood Kidney Research UK bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis by Dr. Dilushi Wijayaratne, MBBS MD (Medicine) MRCP(UK)

Check it out here 👉🏻 pubs.glomcon.org/pneumocystis-j…

#GlomCon

An estimated 850 million people worldwide suffer from chronic kidney disease, and it is expected to become the fifth leading cause of death globally by 2040. Read more about the burden of CKD worldwide here: theisn.org/initiatives/gl…
#WorldKidneDay #KidneyDisease #GlobalIssue

🔴Don't miss this broadcast next week, where Shelley Zieroth Clara Bonanad Andrew Frankel & James Burton explore emerging data and the changing landscape of medical management of hyperkalaemia ow.ly/4os150NRo9J

#CardioTwitter #MedEd

Whenever you look to generalise from a small sample watch out for sampling bias (and all other sorts of bias that can easily creep in).

Extreme example from How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff: amzn.to/3xZCWpo

Come work with me !

Not to be missed crash course for those embarking on a career as renal registrar

Sparsentan in patients with IgA nephropathy - treatment with sparsentan produced meaningful reduction in proteinuria compared with irbesartan in adults with IgA nephropathy. Published today. The Lancet

#ISNWCN conference buddies!

#nephworking #renalsprclub #dinnertime Caesar (Ramyangshu) Mukunthan Srikantharajah (Muks) Javeria Peracha Ailish Nimmo alannaturtles Haresh Selvaskandan

The temptation to use immunosuppression in crescentic IgAN is strong, but is it appropriate? Check out a case study: bit.ly/30ibCaW

#IgANephropathy

This #eyeSCANDy image is an acellular scanning EM from a biopsy with membranous glomerulonephritis, stage I showing numerous small shallow depressions representing the site of immune complexes which were extracted corresponding to “pinholes” viewed on silver stain. #pathart

📣 Guideline for review 📣

Draft UKKA guideline on Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibition in Adults with #KidneyDisease is now available for review & comments:

renal.org/health-profess…

#SGLT2 #CKD Andrew Frankel Will Herrington James Burton

Delighted to see this published. Very hopeful these data will lead to prioritised 3rd doses where needed. EdjCarr has done a fantastic job driving this. Grateful to all in Leicester that allowed us to contribute data, especially Rosey Billany Sherna Haresh Selvaskandan @KatherineHulll 1/

VERY excited to announce registration is open for the Renal SpR club autumn meeting 2021! Sign up at: bit.ly/raspr_autumn. Great programme, great speakers - we can’t wait!

SCIENCE:

If you don't make mistakes, you're doing it wrong.

If you don't correct those mistakes, you're doing it really wrong.

If you can't accept that you're mistaken, you're not doing it at all.

What a year we have had at the GlomCon fellowship, capped off by a masterclass case discussion with Roger Rodby & Ritux-a-Bill Bill Whittier

So much fun, pride & camaraderie!