Serpiginous WBC/RBC cast, showing off some colors. Suspected glomerulonephritis. Stay tuned for a recent piece on the Prescott-Brodie stain by ⁦𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐃 𝐌𝐏𝐇⁩ in ⁦⁦NDT⁩ #UrinarySediment #Snake -like #UrineMicroscopy

Mixed cellular casts: one with waxy matrix, RBCs breaking off and a WBC (blue) at the top, another one with degenerating RBCs and 3 WBCs. #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscopy Acute GN, dark field, 500x, Prescott-Brodie stain Ochsner Nephrology

#UrinarySediment from pt w/newly diagnosed lymphoma and AKI. Findings suggest paraneoplastic crescentic glomerulonephritis: acanthocytes, RBC cast, WBC cast (w/RBCs), and fibrinous cast. All serologies normal or neg. Kidney biopsy planned #UrineMicroscopy

I’ve gone thru varying emotions re the anti nephrin MCD story, from genuine excitement x.com/veleznephhepat… to cautious skepticism (coz discovery didn’t follow the unbiased path that PLA2R did). This report brings me back hope, we may soon have a serological test for MCD/FSGS

Presented at #ERA24 :

In this phase 2 randomized trial, the CD38 monoclonal antibody felzartamab showed acceptable safety and promising efficacy among patients with chronic antibody-mediated kidney-transplant rejection. Read the full trial results: nej.md/4dHQhsa

The FLOW trial results are live at @nejm as well

#ERA24

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Primary composite kidney ✅
CV Death✅
All cause death ✅
GFR slope ✅
First MACE ✅
Kidney specific composite ✅

1000x view of the same casts #glomerulonephritis #UrineMicroscopy Ochsner Nephrology 🔬

RBC casts under oblique illumination 500x oil immersion (stain: 1,3 SM; 2,4 PB). Last cast with WBC (dark blue). Unexpected #UrinarySediment in AKI, context: mantle cell lymphoma, poor po intake. Findings show that neither ischemic ATI nor TLS r likely culprit. W/u in progress

Celebrating #NOLA #PoBoys style the successful submission of several #KidneyWk abstracts with our team of smart & energetic UQ Medicine Ochsner Health medical students For Reading #creole Vipin Varghese Ochsner Medical Student Association 💪 #WeAreNotDone

cosign these remarks from Joel M. Topf, MD FACP on Nephrology Times from the recent #NKFClinicals

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In January 2024, BeanQueen Gaddy, MD, FASN, a nephrologist at MCW Nephrology, became a living kidney donor. She hopes that her selfless act continues to inspire others to “walk the walk” by exploring living kidney donation bit.ly/3yERYqc

New: Clinical Images in Nephrology & Dialysis

These cases feature progressive kidney failure with chronic pancreatitis & partial recovery of kidney function in a patient with sepsis-associated oliguric AKI. Can you guess the correct diagnoses? journals.lww.com/Kidney360/Page…

Joel M. Topf, MD FACP Joshua Waitzman, MD PhD Juan Carlos Q Velez fantastic episode (as usual) - in case anyone is interested, the hypoMg seen with thiazides is due to downregulation of TRPM6 in the DCT, see Nijenhuis et al from JCI 2005 🤓
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The American Society of Nephrology responds (strongly!) to the new NIDDK U2C-TL1 training grant mechanism that replaced the T32. Many concerns ably communicated by ASN President Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP. Thank you for representing us so well.
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It takes an epidemiologist to link fluoride intake in pregnant women to neurobehavioral problems in kids... but it takes a nephrologist to explain why urinary fluoride is not a good proxy for intake.
Thread on the new JAMA Network Open study...

Because blood levels of things are highly regulated -whole systems of homeostasis to keep it in near perfect balance. The price of that balance? Urine with highly unstable concentrations of everything. Our variable urine is the price we pay for homeostasis.

Low GFR #nephrocentric

I stand by this. “A nephrologist without diuretic is like a rheumatologist without steroids” Channel Your Enthusiasm: The Burton Rose BookClub

My new method of collecting samples for #UrineMicroscopy on hospital rounds! (actually, this is one of our nurses modeling the Halloween costume she designed for me a couple years ago 🤪)

My #imagination of the Nephron.
My perspective on how enjoyable #Medical #Education should be.

#Nephrology #NephTwitter #MedTwitter #Cartoon #Illustration #Medical _Education #Medical _Student #Medicine #posterdesign #Kidney #Kidney Disease
#Nephropathy #Kidney Comics