Vaping has grown in popularity over the past decade, but relatively little is known about the potential effects of chronic vaping on the respiratory system. This article reviews the growing body of literature on this topic bmj.com/content/378/bm…

Healthcare claims databases are increasingly being used in clinical research, but represent a biased sample of the population. This study quantifies this sampling bias and discusses how it can impact claims-derived results. ja.ma/3vMAoMt Alex Vivek Charu

The Wilson lab at the University of Pennsylvania has opened its doors and we are hiring! Positions available for a postdoc and research specialist - check out our website for more details! Please RT parkerwilsonlab.com/positions/

The latest issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics focuses on diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, practice guidelines, challenges, and pitfalls associated with liver diseases. surgpath.theclinics.com/article/S1875-…

📖 This weekend don't miss our KIReports #ISNFridaySelection: Challenges in IgA Nephropathy Management: An Era of Complement Inhibition kireports.org/article/S2468-…

Clinical trials and observational studies in nephrology often evaluate the effect of treatment on time-toevent outcomes. This Perspective illustrates the value of reporting the RMST and the RMST difference in nephrology survival data analysis bit.ly/CJASN0323

Stanford Nephrology PhD student June Li representing our RELATE study group crushing it at her first poster presentation with #Kidneystars ⁦Stanford Epidemiology & Population Health⁩ ⁦Maria Montez Rath⁩ ⁦Alan Pao⁩ ⁦Enrica Fung⁩ John Sim ⁦Vivek Charu⁩ ⁦Jaejin An⁩

The Association of Class I and II Human Leukocyte Antigen Serotypes With ESKD Due to Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Dense Deposit Disease bit.ly/40fXFEZ Michelle O'Shaughnessy Glenn Chertow Vivek Charu Stanford Pathology Stanford Nephrology

In CKD adults treated in Veterans Affairs, BP control declined from 78%-71% from 2011-2015, then increased... #KidneyInCVD Maria Montez Rath Alan Pao enrica Vivek Charu Jaejin An John Sim Manjula Kurella Tamura VA Palo Alto HCS Kaiser Permanente Research Stanford Nephrology Enrica Fung ahajrnls.org/49JiNrn

Criteria to individualize glycemic targets in patients with type II diabetes are lacking. This study found heterogenous treatment effects of intensive glycemic control on microvascular outcomes in ACCORD as a function of predicted risk of kidney failure bit.ly/JASN0272

The Association of Class I and II Human Leukocyte Antigen Serotypes With ESKD Due to Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Dense Deposit Disease buff.ly/3SM5Wyg (FREE temporarily) Michelle O'Shaughnessy Glenn Chertow Vivek Charu Stanford Pathology Stanford Nephrology

Clear criteria to individualize glycemic targets in patients with type II diabetes are lacking. This study shows that the effects of intensive glycemic control vary with risk of kidney failure, as predicted by the kidney failure risk equation bit.ly/JASN0272

Alternative metrics to summarize survival data are underused. This Perspective describes the statistical properties of the restricted mean survival time (RMST) and highlights advantages of the RMST metric in research bit.ly/CJASN0323 Maria Montez Rath Manjula Kurella Tamura Vivek Charu

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Charu V et al. Benchmarking clinical risk prediction algorithms with ensemble machine learning for the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in NAFLD #LiverTwitter W Ray Kim

📢 New research underscores the critical role of pangenomic sequencing in patients with High-Risk APOL1 Genotypes for screening a Mendelian kidney disease. —>It highlights the importance of keeping an open mind. kireports.org/article/S2468-… #KidneyDisease #APOL1 Laurent MESNARD

Amazing nephrology statistics session this morning at the ASA JSM meeting. Thank you to all the presenters for a great session on GFR slope estimation.

Excited to share this important work with the community. Effect of Starting Dialysis Versus Continuing Medical Management on Survival and Home Time in Older Adults With Kidney Failure: <span class="subtitle">A Target Trial Emulation Study</span> acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

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