#Hemodialysis

Chad Chaddington

My Kidney story - In 2015 I had two rare autoimmune diseases attack my kidneys. This caused kidney failure. I was in the hospital for 8 days while the doctors

Quince Mountain

Accuracy matters to me, & I can't find where Trump suggested injecting household disinfectant. I found where he noted that disinfectant kills virus ON SURFACES, then said "Is there a

Samira Farouk, MD, MS, FASN

1/As kidney replacement therapies (KRT) have become a strained and limited resource during the #COVID19 pandemic, here is a quick #tweetorial on how these treatments work:What is the main mechanism

Joshua Waitzman, MD PhD

Psyched for @HMS_DICP webinar on kidney health starting NOW!Featuring @DrRayMD @Cervantes_Lily1 @AmakaEMD and @DineeMD!Our @BID_NephFellows are tuning in. You can too at:https://dicp.hms.harvard.edu/events/2020/ESJ-Kidney-Health Moderator @

Mohammed Megri. MD

This thread for people who are interested in CRRT and critical care Basics about RRT; Convection: It depends on Hydrostatic pressure (HP) Diffusion: it depends on solutes gradients Filtration

Shegaf Raslan شِغاف رسلان

As interns, residents, and clinicians we face a lot of questions related to vancomycin. In this thread I shall give a brief overview to brush up on the basics of

Sam Ghali, M.D.

I recently had a patient who presented in profound acute renal failure with a BUN of >200, creatinine of 13.5, and critical pH of 6.7, on the brink of death...[thread]

Panteleimon ("Paddy") Ekkekakis

I teach a Critical Appraisal course to seniors in Exercise Science & Pre-Health. Our 1st project is to redo a published meta-analysis. Students always find errors of various degrees of

1/ A case and tweetorial as a reminder that even in the age of #covid-19 general internal and critical care medicine is important! A 60s man was dx with Covid

Dr. Tahagod Mohamed

1/ Ready for a #NeoNeph #tweetorial? Let's look at kidney support therapy (KST) in #neonates.@ASPNeph @EBNEO @MedTweetorials @MedEdBot @IrishNeonatal @AAPneonatal #SoMe Credit: NICKS course by @DDD_Askenazi & team. Great article

1/15 #MedTwitter: You're admitting a 64YO male with ESRD on HD for hyperkalemia after missing dialysis. A troponin was checked & returned at 0.78 (nl

Lilia Cervantes

Cervantes_Lily1

1/14Meet Hilda. I was one of her doctors. When she died, she left 2 sons behind. My grief about her situation brought anger and then determination.A #tweetorial on outcomes, advocacy,

1/Speaking of staying at home ... let’s not forget that #AdvancingAmericanKidneyHealth (AAKH) aims to have 80% of people with kidney failure use a home dialysis modality or obtain a transplant