In the first round the Blue Ribbon Panel results agreed with the crowd in 25 of the 32 contests. The discrepancies were in these contests:
- Hypertonic saline got more votes than sodium restriction (189 to 153)
- SLED beat Conventional RRT (223 to 119)
- Norepinephrine beat vasopressin (204 to 138)
- Pregnancy in kidney transplant beat pregnancy in dialysis (210 to 132)
- Low sodium intake as a mortality risk factor beat high sodium intake as a hypertension risk factor (185 to 157)
- Obesity: ESRD Survival Factor beat Obesity: ESRD Risk Factor (180 to 162)
- Upstream Hemodynamics beat Downstream Vascular Biology (179 to 163)
We tip our collective hat to the wisdom of the crowd.
The top three vote getters in the first round:
- Laparoscopic PD Placement with 312 votes (91%)
- Nephron-Sparing Surgery with 289 votes (85%)
- Epigenetics in Nephrology with 261 votes (76%)
The closest match was Vanco vs Pip/Tazo 172 to 170 with the edge to vanco.