The sunglass store:
'If you ever want to go to the beach, the lens needs to be polarized and those start $125.'

The eclipse:
'You can use these to stare directly into the sun for $3.'

What's the deal with Ammonia in hepatic encephalopathy?
A #cirrhosis QI #tweetorial

Aims
Try to answer this question while also showing
1) Ammonia levels dont matter
2) U should not restrict protein in patients with HE

Keywords: 'ammonia hypothesis', sarcopenia

Excellent commentary by Dr. Sterns who has studied this disease since the 1980s- when there was also a similar controversy.

What a wonderful #WIN event we had last week with our Women In Nephrology. Thank you to everyone who came, especially our UW Nephrology alumni! We are fortunate to have such a strong #WIN network in our area. #Seattle #kidney #nephtwitter UW Medicine

NEW NEJM ARTICLE ALERT 🚨 ‼️ 🔔

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This article is not only for those who’ve had a portal message that “the MCHC was red,” but for those who’ve comforted a patient who found out they had cancer the same way they find out if somebody liked their food selfie…

Taking on the huge topic of #Rhabdomyolysis , our UW Nephrology fellow Dr. Megan Griffin breaks it down in this educational Grand Rounds presentation.
#kidney #research #nephrology #nephfellow UW Medicine

youtu.be/4P145wAialU

Here is an opportunity for fellows to shape next year NKF SCM!

Data from Poland supporting International Consensus that PTA only should be Rx for hemodynamically significant renal #FMD with stenting employed only for complication bailout. Significant rate of delayed stent-related complications for those undergoing stenting in this series.

Super interesting effect of our fave med!

February 3rd is #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay !!

Celebrated in honor of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's birthday, the 1st woman to receive a medical degree in the US.

Read more about it in this 'Did you know' series by WIN!!

Hocine Tighiouart Ana Rossi, MD MPH | FASN | FAST Dan Weiner Dr. Keren Ladin Editorial by Elizabeth Kiernan and Susan P.Y. Wong:

Challenges to Informed, Patient-Centered, and Shared Decision Making for Treatment of Kidney Failure in Older Adults

bit.ly/48Pzb8r (FREE)

UW Nephrology

'MAP Targets in AKI' - Dr. Sarah Sanghavi jumps into her talk with a case of a female patient with septic shock, which prompts her to ask 4 key questions. Take a listen to this educational Grand Rounds presentation UW Nephrology UW Medicine #kidney #AKI
youtu.be/bhDAk4R3eqA

We shouldn’t be brushing off that new-onset a-fib in our ICU patients. I’ve always wondered what came first, underlying paroxysmal a-fib or our catecholamine-based vasopressors + critical illness setting them off. Either way, 🎩 tip to the authors.

eddyjoemd.com/foamed/

'Uremia Revisited: Again?!' ~ Justin Bullock Dr. Justin Bullock's intriguing Grand Rounds talk: From his first interest in #uremia as a #medintern to a review of an exemplar uremic toxin w/recent data. It's all here! #kidney #nephfellows UW Medicine
youtu.be/2t2jQLi2zPA

Core Curriculum by Vandana Dua Niyyar, Daniel, and W. Charles O’Neill:

Performance and Interpretation of Sonography in the Practice of Nephrology

bit.ly/4875zDD (FREE)

Emory Nephrology HofNorthwell Kidney

2024 Jan ASN Kidney News Banff Working Group Defines Pathological Diagnostic Criteria for Thrombotic Microangiopathy in the Renal Allograft Anuja Java, MD (she/her) Rimda Rose Mary Attieh kidneynews.org/view/journals/… American Society of Nephrology

Explore the possibilities of a career in nephrology with the 2024 Kidney TREKS Program. Apply by Wednesday, January 24, at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Explore the woods of Bar Harbor or the city of Chicago while connecting with a mentor to guide your research.

Apply: asn-online.org/treks

Thanks to AHA Science for thoughtfully including and inviting the perspective of an [non-interventional cardiologist] EM-critical care doc! It was a pleasure working with and learning from this esteemed group of interventional cardiology colleagues.

ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Patient with nephrotic syndrome, biopsy pending

400x Brightfield and phased contrast

Fatty cast

...and oh look who showed up when we flipped to phased 🧐...an acanthocyte!

#urinemicroscopy #urinesediment #spinurine

An interesting finding, what do you all think?

Jay R. Seltzer Juan Carlos Q Velez Dustin Chalmers, MD Zach Kisley Lonnie Thach

#urinemicroscopy #urinesediment #spinurine