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How often do we miss non-diabetic kidney disease (NDKD)?
🚩NDKD are 1) active urine sediment, 2) sudden worsening RFT, 3) absence of retinopathy 4) systemic symptoms like rash
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Visual abstract on uncovering non-diabetic-kidney disease in the diabetic patient by @dramiliflores.bsky.social
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The underlying theme is that there is no “best” dialysis catheter. We think there is a ton of room for innovation in dialysis catheter design. The goal: a catheter that has the safety and longevity of an AVF.
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Have we been underestimating NDKD in patients with diabetes? A biopsy-based cohort of 49,075 patients reinforces just how heterogeneous kidney disease can be in DN and highlights the clinical features...
Do you biopsy pts with diabetes? Are you looking for diabetic nephropathy or something else?
Check out the blog by @dramiliflores.bsky.social and Dr. Priya John #NephSky #MedSky
📣Now with a "audio abstract" at the top, preview if you want to read more!
www.nephjc.com/news/2026/6/1/kidneybiopsy-dkd
Esta vez, @dramiliflores.bsky.social estaba muy ocupada!
VA en espanol #NephJC #NephSky #MedSky
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The new #NephJC editorial interns are here!
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For 137 years, the Eiffel Tower honored 72 male scientists in gold lettering. Not one woman was included.
Now Paris is adding the names of 72 women scientists to finally correct that history.
Brilliant minds were always there. History just failed to recognize them.
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Background: Tunneled central venous catheters (TCVCs) remain an important component of hemodialysis vascular access despite recognized complications including i...
In this edition of NephJC, we discuss the largest case series of kidney biopsies in patients with Diabetes.
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¿Hemos subestimado la frecuencia de la nefrópatía no diabética (NND) en pacientes diabeticos? Una cohorte basada en biopsias renales de 49,075 pacientes refuerza cuán heterogénea puede ser la NND y de...
I don't think the public will grasp for some time how shocking these results are. I can foresee a future where many patients will just take retatrutide, because it literally fixes all the problems obesity causes. Diabetes too, it changes the equation immediately. Please share this far and wide!
