Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 13/06/2026We are pleased to be at #KSN2026 for another day of learning, networking, and collaboration. Interested in #ISNWCN in Kuala Lumpur? Stop by the ISN desk to find out how you can be part of the global kidney health community next year. 042
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 28/05/2026🎙️ New Global Kidney Care Podcast! Experts discuss pragmatic kidney trial design, evolving endpoints, and stakeholder engagement inspired by the ISN CKD Consensus Meeting (Vancouver 2024). 🎧 globalkidneycarepodcast.transistor.… 022
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 27/03/2026"Global burden of AKI: Epidemiology, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years," by Nguyen Trong Phu Tran et al, was awarded with #ISNWCN Best Fellowship Abstract Award. Visual abstract by @acssjr.bsky.social, available for download here: bit.ly/4rMB27f 111
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Let’s keep pushing forward: education, prevention, and kidney health awareness for everyone, everywhere. #KidneyHealthMatters @theisn.org @who.int #WorldKidneyDay 021
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Join us! In celebration of the 20 years of the World Kidney Day #ISN #WKD Joint Session #CaringForPeople #ProtectingThePlanet #KidneyHealthForAll #KidneyHealthMatters @theisn.org 021
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 17/02/2026ISN-#WorldKidneyDay joint session: "Kidney Health for All. Caring for People, Protecting the Planet" 🗓️ March 29 🕤 2:10 p.m. 📍 315 @acssjr.bsky.social #ISNWCN 111
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 29/01/2026🌍 From funding to frontline impact: see ISN Grants in action at WCN’26. In 2025, ISN Grants advanced kidney care worldwide. Join #ISNWCN sessions to learn, connect, and get involved: www.theisn.org/blog/2026/01...theisn.orgFrom funding to frontline impact — Join ISN Grant sessions at WCN’26 - International Society of Nephrology 111
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrkireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors #SGLT2i and #Cardiorenal Events in #Nonalbuminuric Kidney Disease #VisualAbstract by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr www.kireports.org/article/S2468-024… @cwhuang0824 033
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 17/01/2026#NephMadness 2026: Meet the Gamemakers bit.ly/3Nk10Ap @nephrosparks.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @catochita.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social 165
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrkireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 07/01/2026A Comparison of #Pregnancy Outcomes in Women Receiving Intensive #Hemodialysis Versus Kidney #Transplant Recipients #VisualAbstract by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr www.kireports.org/article/S2468-024… 052
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrkireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Heterogeneity of #eGFR Slopes According to #Etiology, eGFR and UACR in a Large Cohort of #CKD #Patients #VisualAbstract by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr www.kireports.org/article/S2468-024… 021
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrtransplantation.bsky.social @transplantation.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Freely downloadable paper shows biomarker dynamics vary between hypothermic (HMPO₂) and normothermic (NMP) perfusion in kidney transplants. Some biomarkers align across methods, but NMP provides key insights into function and reconditioning potential tinyurl.com/35tdhj2s 032
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrtransplantation.bsky.social @transplantation.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Refusal patterns matter! Kidneys turned down by multiple patients pre–cross-clamp face a 35% nonutilization rate. New data from 2022–23 shows how understanding these patterns could improve allocation and reduce wasted organs. #OpenAccess #TXPforAll tinyurl.com/58jt6n6f 011
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrkireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Recipient Human Leukocyte Antigen-DR #HLA Homozygosity and Access to #Quality #Kidneys #VisualAbstract by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr www.kireports.org/article/S2468-024… 021
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrISNkidneycare @theisn.org · 19/11/2025🎙️ Check out the latest Global Kidney Care Podcast! In this episode, @acssjr.bsky.social interviews @runningkidneys.bsky.social on how AI is transforming the outlook for patients with AKI and how nephrologists can leverage it to improve patient care. globalkidneycarepodc... 032
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Access the WKD Social Media toolkit and find lots of materials to boost your WKD 2026 campaign. www.worldkidneyday.org/knowledge-ba... #KidneyHealthMatters #OurKidneyOurPlanet #CheckYourCreatinine #Prevention #Protect #Planet #PublicHealth @theisn.org 012
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Check at @transplantation.bsky.social The bioinformatic tool HLA-EP-RESOLVER accurately predicts antibody reactivity to rare HLA alleles using eplet analysis. tinyurl.com/2m9nm6ek #Transplantation #High #Resolution #HLA 010
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos Jrtransplantation.bsky.social @transplantation.bsky.social · 08/10/2025The bioinformatic tool HLA-EP-RESOLVER accurately predicts antibody reactivity to rare HLA alleles using eplet analysis. Validated in sensitized patients, it helps identify acceptable/unacceptable antigens in the era of high-resolution donor typing. #HLA tinyurl.com/2m9nm6ek 011
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025World Kidney Day 2026 starts now! Participate! Caring for people, protecting the planet! #KidneyHealthMatters #CheckYourCreatinine 010
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Just 1 month to go until the 2026 #WKD campaign officially kicks off! Stay tuned for updates. Get ready to join us in this movement for kidney health! Follow the @worldkidneyday site and social media pages! www.worldkidneyday.org @theisn.org IFKF #KidneyHealthMattersworldkidneyday.orgHomepage - World Kidney Day 2025World Kidney DayRaising awareness of theimportance of our kidneysWho we areWKD 2025 Scientific EditorialAre Your Kidneys Ok?Detect early to protect kidney healthRead the 2025 Scientific EditorialKidne... 141
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I’m thrilled to see the Graphical Abstract Video Presentations now featured on the KIR website! www.kireports.org/video-do I’m deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to making this #vision a reality! @theisn.org @kidneyint.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social #ThisIsISN #KidneyHealthMatters 142
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin.@myadla. @Dilushiwijay @dra_miliflore @acssjr Similar presentation in Post Tx Pt But ..why is it so rare ? Why dont we see it often despite high use ? Thoughts ? 031
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Thanks @kidneying.bsky.social ! Exceptional case #ECNeph! 010
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Proposed mechanism of hyperinflammation due to MMF #ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @dra_miliflores @acssjr.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores ⚠️ Few warnings exist already 061
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025When you suspect MMF-hyperinflammation dont forget to exclude these #ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @dra_miliflores @acssjr.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... ☄️ More than few reported cases exist 052
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Differentiating fever from flare in lupus #ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @dra_miliflores @acssjr NLR CRP/ESR ratio <2/2-15/>15 : <2 s/o infection 062
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025💥 Could this be MAS in SLE? We are seeing it more often, 🗝️ - Clues in clinical practice Fever Pancytopenia Organomegaly ⬇️ ESR with disease activity #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 072
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025ℹ️Turns out patient has hypogammaglobulinemia ❓MMF related/disease related Ig A - 134 mg/dl ( 70-400) ⬇️Ig G - 669 mg/dL (700-1600) ⬇️⬇️Ig M - 38 mg/dL (40-230) 😏Does it explain all? #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 042
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores #ECNeph Do you agree ? Post your final diagnosis .... Is it to do with IST ? 031
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Maybe this could be our way to go! #ECNeph 030
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025🦠 When do you think fever is of infection in origin? ⁉️ Can we rule out all infections all the times? Say some hidden TB or a very timid virus. We need more markers. #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 051
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025 #ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores #ECNeph yet another admission ..in a weeks time premature discharge vs recurrence of infection /appearance of flare High inflammatory markers favour infection or is it non infectious inflammation 031
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores #ECNeph see the time line of admissions for febrile episodes Class switch High inflammatory markers Infection clues negative 3 episodes in 2-3 months Where should this lead to ? 151
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025 🔂 3 admissions with acute febrile illnesses within 2-month span 🩺 No focal signs/symptoms ☢️ Routine imaging -negative -No organ-specific illness #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 041
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores #ECNeph Rx with antibiotics Restarted on IST after fever subsidence What next ? Evaluation being negative for all infections : Bacteria /virus .. How to go further ? 031
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025⚓️ What features would suggest SLE activity for you? ⚖️ Do you weigh on global assessment? #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 041
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @ISNkidneycare @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores ESR:CRP <2 S/O infection than flare Lupus. 2018 Jun;27(7):1123-1129 041
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @ISNkidneycare @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores Does the evaluation suggest flare ? All atypical infections ruled out Malignancy ?????? What else ? PET-CT ? 031
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025🗣️Fever in SLE - An enigma wrapped in mystery. Interested in hearing your phrases of fever and also how do you define it in routine practice? 🧈 Just basics #ECNeph @brammahin @Dilushiwijay @myadla @acssjr @dra_miliflores 041
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025How to differentiate between flare /Infection in SLE #ECNeph @brammahin @myadla @Dilushiwijay @dra_miliflores @acssjr.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph 051
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 31/07/2025It seems less likely. Options? Medications in use? #ECNeph 030
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph@brammahin@myadla @ISNkidneycare @Dilushiwijay @acssjr @dra_miliflores How to differentiate flare /infection in SLE Infection versus disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with fever. BMC Rheumatol. 2024 Aug 14;8(1):34 011
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph@brammahin@myadla@ISNkidneycare@Dilushiwijay@acssjr@dra_miliflores Febrile admission in year time Flare vs infection ? Rx : Antibiotics ..Response + Whats the time of reinitiation of IST after infection ? 011
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph@brammahin@myadla@ISNkidneycare@Dilushiwijay@acssjr @dra_miliflores Admitted in a weeks time with fever , polyarthralgia Is it relapse /recurrence of infection High inflammatory markers : is it SLE flare ? 111
Augusto Cesar S Santos Jr @acssjr.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Glad to meet you here @hswapnil.medsky.social ! #ECNeph 020
Reposted by Augusto Cesar S Santos JrBrammah R Thangarajah @kidneying.bsky.social · 31/07/2025#ECNeph@brammahin@myadla@ISNkidneycare@Dilushiwijay@acssjr@dra_miliflores Admitted with Febrile illness - Pneumonia Appropriate antibiotics given 021