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Anitha Vijayan MD

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Mar 1

Very proud of this ASN Guidance on outpatient AKI-D care; an exceptional group of colleagues including co-chair Michael Heung. Some practical points- warm hand-off, AKI specific orders (avoid “DW”), prevent dialytrauma, active monitoring for renal recovery.

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ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

An abstract is unavailable.

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Sep 13

My take aligns with @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social
It’s very sad how SoMe has just deteriorated into this disgusting cesspool. Very hard to avoid politics and just focus on MedEd in any platform

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Aug 7

I totally forgot to join #nephjc yesterday - I wanted to join just to say I detest phos binders and their sole purpose is to torture the patient so a lab number can improve. Plus major under recognized and under reported side effect like colonic ulcers and GI bleeding

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Jul 21

Will add this to the things that would not have made my bingo card - My daughter said recently watched a podcast where Travis Scott said his childhood goal was to be a nephrologist!!
Google did the rest 👇
Really want to know who this cool nephrologist uncle was :-)

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Travis Scott Opens Up About Unlikely Pre-Music Career Plan: ‘That’s All I Wanted To Do’ – HipHopDX

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National Kidney Foundation @kidney.org · Jul 1

The so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed the Senate today is a giant leap backward for people living with kidney disease. NKF urges Congress to reject these harmful provisions. www.kidney.org/press-room/b...

Big Beautiful Bill is Downright Ugly for Kidney Patients

Tune in for the latest research and perspectives on kidney health from NKF.

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Jul 2

Unbelievable that this is happening …just sad
I know lot of people die in India because they can’t afford to pay for dialysis. They do PRN dialysis based on symptoms and how much money they have. Can see the same thing happening here now 🥲🥲

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Jun 24

My exact thoughts!!

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Jun 23

Its frustrating that this story is almost a second thought in the cbs segment. Shooter (3rd yr resident) had a list of nephrologists he was targeting! @asnkidney.bsky.social and @nkf-professionals.bsky.social need to condemn this in the strongest possible terms

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jun 23

Florida man (medical resident) shoots an….Indiana Nephrologist?

This story seems nuts www.cbsnews.com/dialysis/

h/t @vijayanmd.bsky.social @grahamabra.bsky.social

#NephSky

In the shooting of an Indiana kidney doctor, fresh echoes of the UnitedHealthcare murder and the specter of vigilante violence

Long-running questions about kidney dialysis don’t justify shooting, prosecutor says

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jun 13

Hilarious (and sobering) essay on the use of AI in medical research & manuscript writing

Read the whole thing!

John Daugirdas has been on the cutting edge of tech in meded before #MedEd was thing

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#MedSky #NephSky

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Writing. The Danger of Trying Too Hard to Please

The author describes his experience using several artificial intelligence programs to assist in the process of editing or preparing manuscripts for publication. While the programs were very useful to...

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Jun 13

So well written!! Love the nuance and humor. Adding Grok response was the icing!

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · Jun 2

This week at the Ottawa #NephGR

we have @vijayanmd.bsky.social from Intermountain Health on outpatient dialysis after AKI

#NephSky

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · May 23

The June calendar for Ottawa Nephrology

Featuring talks from @vijayanmd.bsky.social @aisha-shaikh.bsky.social and more!

#NephSky

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · May 5

Very nice catch!

And word descriptions (small/regular/large) are quite meaningless across manufacturers - see from @amjhypertension.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ajh/article/...

Cuff sizes of 42 home-based devices from 13 manufacturers on the US BP Validated Device Listing and comparison with the American Heart Association (AHA) recommendations. Devices from the same manufacturer with similar cuff size options and terminologies were grouped together and sequential numbers were used to indicate each device. *Omron 12 devices: HEM-9200T, BP7000, BP7250 HEM-7311, BP7200 HEM-7311, BP7100 HEM-7311, BP5450 HEM-7311, BP5350 HEM-7311, BP7450 HEM-7320, BP7350 HEM-7320, BP5100 HEM-7311, BP5250 HEM-7320, BP7900-HEM7311. **Transtek standard size (22–32 cm) fully overlaps with the ranges for its large (22–42 cm) and XL (22–45 cm) sizes.

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · May 5

I’ll nitpick:-) Cuff too small/tight?

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Jordy Cohen @jordybc.bsky.social · Apr 23

Aaand it’s official, we have a new antihypertensive class!!!! 🎉🍾🎊

I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent

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Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM

Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension are limited. In this mult...

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 19

😂 Waiting for response from @hswapnil.medsky.social with 🍿

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great job hosting and breaking down the stats! #NephJC

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

#NephJC

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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · Apr 16

But…very low SGLT2i/GLP1 use in this study, so we are living in a different world.
Plus we don’t stop either of those meds in CKD/CKD5 not on dialysis #NephJC

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Yes I use de-indexed #NephJC

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Any data to support this hypothesis? #NephJC

Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

So if I’ve a pt with eGFR of 25 on metformin GLP1 agonist and Dapa and HbA1C is 5.9 - should I not stop metformin to at least avoid polypharmacy? #NephJC

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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great study and great analysis of the paper! So what’s the lowest GFR we should stop metformin? #NephJC

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