NSAIDs vs OPIOIDS – ROUND 3, FIGHT!
“Four legs good, two legs bad.” – Snowball’s summary of the Seven Commandments of Animalism, Animal Farm Similar to Snowball’s cry, ‘NSAIDs bad, Opioids [...]
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#NephMadness 2020: Mary Jane’s Big Dance – Marijuana is OK (When Used Responsibly and Safely) in Kidney Transplantation
Joshua Rein @ThepHunClub Joshua Rein is an Instructor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. His clinical and research interests include [...]
#KidneyWk 2019 – To Treat or Not to Treat: Medication Toxicity and Clinical Conundrums
The “To Treat or Not to Treat: Medication Toxicity and Clinical Conundrums” session was held on Nov 7, 2019 at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. This session [...]
Muscle Relaxant Use in Dialysis
Most practicing nephrologists have seen cases of baclofen toxicity in patients on dialysis; in severe cases, this can even mimic brain death. Some nephrologists on Twitter [...]
#NephMadness 2019: Novick Nominates Opioids For the Win
Tessa Novick @tessa_novick Tessa Novick is a third-year nephrology fellow at Johns Hopkins. Her research interests include social determinants of health, healthcare [...]
#NephMadness 2019: Pain Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #PainRegion Selection Committee Member: David Juurlink David Juurlink is a staff internist and head of the [...]
Pain, CKD, and What to Do About It
Patients with CKD experience pain at a similar burden to patients suffering from cancer. This causes a negative impact on quality of life, but also leads to missed dialysis [...]