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Alexander Woywodt

@pwoywodt.bsky.social

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Nephrologist/Professor. Social Media Editor Clinical Kidney Journal. Editorial Board BMC Nephrology. Dogs, cooking, classical music. views own #Medsky #Nephsky

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · Dec 8

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 7h

Mostly use bisoprolol in the evening in HD

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 7h

interesting paper on this eternal bugbear: what antihypertensives to choose in HD patients. my practice is also to move beta blocker in the evenings when patients are already on them, especially when patients had intradialytic hypotension. do other folks do this?
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Choosing the right antihypertensive drug to avoid intrahemodialysis hypotension

Abstract. Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a significant complication in hemodialysis (HD) patients, affecting cardiovascular stability and treatment out

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 7h

I would love a smart sock for heart failure and nephrotic patient - a device that monitors peripheral oedema continuously and remotely and helps us guide treatment from the distance. I have seen papers on this but dont think this is currently available commercially

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 7h

interesting approach

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 7h

as a young nephrologist I was forever fascinated by vasculitis and pulmonary-renal syndrome. Here is an interesting report on this topic. take home message: pulmonary renal syndrome isn't always vasculitis
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Acute kidney injury due to inhalation of metal fumes

Akihiro Tojo, Jun Hirao, Tadayuki Ogawa; Acute kidney injury due to inhalation of metal fumes, Clinical Kidney Journal, , sfaf316, https://doi.org/10.1093/

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 2d

Went to a Nina Simone programme on Saturday. It was super but also made me want to listen to the original again - incredible. Here the famous concert in Antibes in 1965 - incredible 🙏

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Nina Simone: Live in Antibes — July 24th, 1965 (Full Concert)

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 2d

little oopsie on Pubmed today 😮

"Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries."

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing stuff. Bought langoustines, a Turbot for the freezer and two skate wings 👨‍🍳

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 3d

Bought some fish off the boat today 🙏🐟👨‍🍳

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 4d

I must have just under 100 on finerenone and perhaps 5 where I had to stop due to hyperkalemia

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 4d

Some real world data on finerenone. 1% discontinuation for hyperkalemia - I think I see a little more

Dosing, treatment patterns, and safety of finerenone use in routine care: an interim analysis of the prospective, real-world, and observational FINE-REAL study url: academic.oup.com/ckj/article/...

Dosing, treatment patterns, and safety of finerenone use in routine care: an interim analysis of the prospective, real-world, and observational FINE-REAL study

AbstractBackground. Finerenone improves cardiovascular and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), but real

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting paper on pancreatic fat on abdominal imaging:

Association of pancreas fat fraction with adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes url: academic.oup.com/ckj/article/...

Association of pancreas fat fraction with adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes

AbstractBackground. Pancreas fat accumulation has been associated with impaired glucose metabolism and stimulation of inflammation. The associations of pan

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 5d

For comparison: my working cocker spaniel

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 5d

A highlight in todays video clinic: an in-depth discussion with a patient about her Kooikerhondje. To the uninitiated: an unusual Dutch spaniel breed 🇳🇱. Another benefit of SGLT2 inhibitors and finerenone. More stability. More time to talk about dogs 🐾

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 5d

This was amazing. Maybe next time I will try and source Toulouse sausage 🇫🇷
Wine: Zweigelt 🇦🇹
Struggled a little to keep up with the onslaught of flavours. Maybe a Minervois or Corbieres would have been better. Or chateauneuf du pape? 🍷

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 5d

The kitchen smells like an auberge in Toulouse or Carcassonne in an evening. The spaniel has woken up and started salivating. The fridge looks empty. We are out of garlic. All good prognostic signs for Cassoulet 👨‍🍳🇫🇷

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 5d

I have had some positive news this week so decided to make a bit of an effort with cooking. Today: cassoulet. I toyed with making an atorvastatin veloute with it but decided against it. Vive la France 🇫🇷

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 6d

Question to my followers who like classical music: does anybody know a version of this that is perhaps a little more restrained with emotion?🎶🎹

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Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer - YouTube

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 6d

Listening to this while reviewing our transplant waiting list 🎼
So beautiful 🙏
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FRIEDRICH GULDA - Mozart Piano Sonatas ~ K.311 and K.332 LIVE

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 8d

Morning!

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 9d

"Peer review is a cornerstone of scientific advancement - it ensures the integrity and quality of information that is used to generate further knowledge." - Monica Syet Ying Ng, an #ASNJASN Top Reviewer of 2025.

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 10d

This quote is I think also very timely:

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
Hannah Arendt

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

I think its now pretty much a given that the next government will be Reform. The more interesting question I think is this: another five years down the line standard of living is still no better and more brutal cuts have happened - what happens then 🤔🙁

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

I usually make this with smoked belly pork from Romania 🇷🇴 but my other half bought something else instead 🙁

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

We have declared autumn in our house. I made the first pea soup of the season this week 🧑‍🍳

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Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

Wine: ten year old Bordeaux. Nice, but in hindsight I would have liked something slightly more herby like a Minervois or a Corbieres 🍷

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

Amazing stuff - I think the extra mushrooms gave it more depth 👨‍🍳

Alexander Woywodt @pwoywodt.bsky.social · 12d

Smell in the kitchen is amazing. I had some dried porcini and morels which I used. Very mushroomy Boeuf Bourgoignon 🍄‍🟫

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