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Ayse Akcan-Arikan

@akcanarikan.bsky.social
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Academic critical care nephrologist, clinician-scientist

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
gravity is doing a better job opposing the GOP than the Democrats are
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Philip and Rollie @ripperelse.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Any company that "pulls back" on DEI is openly endorsing white supremacy. These are white power people, white power companies.
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Yonca Bulut M.D. @yoncabulutmd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
My #pedsICU friend @akcanarikan.bsky.social is giving the @dgsomucla.bsky.social Pediatric Grand Rounds this Friday
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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Most kidney disease patients are still advised the OPPOSITE. Important to know: Low potassium intake is associated with worse CKD progression. academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-...
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Estimated potassium intake and the progression of chronic kidney disease
AbstractBackground and hypothesis. Lower potassium intake is associated with a higher risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the general population. Howev
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Ayse Akcan-Arikan @akcanarikan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model for ICU Mortality... : Critical Care Explorations
ed to predict survival to ICUs and hospital discharge in children and young adults receiving CRRT using machine learning (ML) techniques. DERIVATION COHORT: Patients less than 25 years of age recei...
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Clinical Kidney Journal @ckj-era.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Snow White’s tale in nephrology: the emerging threat of skin-whitening creams on kidney health doi.org/10.1093/ckj/...
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Snow White’s tale in nephrology: the emerging threat of skin-whitening creams on kidney health
ABSTRACT. The timeless tale of Snow White, with its emphasis on fair skin as a beauty ideal, mirrors a contemporary issue in nephrology: the harmful impact
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Ayse Akcan-Arikan @akcanarikan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Recurrent acute kidney injury is associated with delayed language development in infants with Congenital Heart Disease | Cardiology in the Young | Cambridge Core
Recurrent acute kidney injury is associated with delayed language development in infants with Congenital Heart Disease
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Ayse Akcan-Arikan @akcanarikan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Fluid Overload Modifies Hemodynamic Impact of CRRT:... : Shock
ence similar cardiovascular effects. Methods Observational single-center study on children (<18 years) receiving CRRT at Texas Children’s Hospital from 11/2019 to 3/2021. Excluded were those with e...
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Ayse Akcan-Arikan @akcanarikan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction Model for ICU Mortality... : Critical Care Explorations
ed to predict survival to ICUs and hospital discharge in children and young adults receiving CRRT using machine learning (ML) techniques. DERIVATION COHORT: Patients less than 25 years of age recei...
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Yonca Bulut M.D. @yoncabulutmd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Iron Deficiency in the #PedsICU An Invisible Illness? Great Editorial to our paper @pccmdoc.bsky.social @aabbupdates.bsky.social @natapbm.bsky.social @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social @jennamillermd.bsky.social @ironmatters.bsky.social @shematologist.bsky.social #iron journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/...
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Iron Deficiency in the PICU: An Invisible Illness?* : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
An abstract is unavailable.
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Kidney International @kidneyint.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The glomerular circadian clock temporally regulates basement membrane dynamics and the podocyte glucocorticoid response doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.10.016 #OpenAccess #glucocorticoids #podocytes #kidneydisease #circadianrhythm #NephSky #SkyNeph #MedSky
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Russia 🤦🏻‍♂️ TOPCAT funny business evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 @sugarkat.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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Support Us - Sesame Workshop
Individual donors and partners can have a major impact. Join Sesame Workshop’s Mission to Help Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder.
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Giorgia Quadrato @giorgiaquadrato.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So excited to share our new @natureportfolio.bsky.social review on modeling human brain development using organoids! 🧠 Loved collaborating with the brilliant @lancasterlab.bsky.social , led by the incredible @marcellabirtele.bsky.social Check it out! 🔬 #Neuroscience #BrainOrganoids rdcu.be/d3llp
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Modelling human brain development and disease with organoids
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - This Roadmap article discusses recent advances in the production and use of brain organoids to understand brain development and associated disorders. The...
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Nils Lindstrom @lindstromlab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Happy holidays! A very cool looking kidney organoid, courtesy of senior Ph.D. student MaryAnne Achieng in the @lindstromlab.bsky.social.
A fluorescently stained kidney organoid made from stem cells. It shows cells and nuclei that are the precursors of potassium reabsorbing cells in the adult nephron.
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Yonca Bulut M.D. @yoncabulutmd.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
@akcanarikan.bsky.social Interesting article #PedsICU
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Juan Carlos Q Vélez, MD @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Ethylene glycol intoxication presents w/ anion gap metabolic acidosis & acute oxalate tubulopathy. Detection of urinary calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals helps in diagnosis [not classic dumbbell nor envelope shaped (dihydrate) but rather “cigar” shaped]. Slide courtesy of @jrseltzer.bsky.social
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
these investigators found whey protein to be equivalent to urea for SIADH pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37540987/
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Effect of protein supplementation on plasma sodium levels in the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis: a monocentric, open-label, proof-of-concept study-the TREASURE study - PubMed
Our findings suggest that protein powder increases plasma sodium levels in patients with chronic SIAD through protein-induced ureagenesis and osmotic diuresis. The effects are comparable with oral ure...
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Goodishintent @omnintensivist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
that time I called nephrology about one of their acute renal failure patients acting altered and he asked "is he still taking Gabapentin?" and I said "f*ck"
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Ken Tegtmeyer, MD @pccmdoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
What I look forward to most each year about @hcwvshunger.bsky.social are the blood thirsty rivalries and secret machinations like some kind of Machiavellian plot. Oh that and all the money that gets raised to fight hunger, that’s nice too. 😂
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Keri Crewson, M.D. @kericrewsonmd.medsky.social · 23/11/2024
Tizanidine, Benadryl, gabapentin, mirtazapine, baclofen, yadda yadda yadda... polypharmacy.
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Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
the number of times polypharmacy goes unrecognized as a cause of “altered mental status” is astounding
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Chris Carroll, MD @chriscarrollmd.com · 20/11/2024
A reminder that the improvements that we’ve seen in life expectancy over the centuries are largely driven by preventing infants and children from dying. If you survived past childhood, you probably were going to live to 60.
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Kyle Rehder @kylejrehder.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#PedsICU peeps - spread the word! Return of in-person Peds #SCCMCurrentConcepts this year at the #SCCM 2025 Annual Congress! Register at my.sccm.org
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Nephrology Journal Club @nephjc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is adding SZC + 3K bath the solution to sudden death in dialysis? Join us this on #NephJC to discuss www.nephjc.com/news/potassi... #NephSky
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Potassium Rollercoaster Heartbreak — NephJC
This week, we will discuss the use of 3K dialysis bath with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate versus 2K bath and no potassium lowering medications in dialysis patients and the associated risk of arrhythm...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
When insulin was first patented in 1923, the discoverers declined to put their names on it as they felt that insulin belonged to the public. 101 years later, insulin is inaccessible to thousands of Americans because of price gouging by near-monopoly private insurance corporations and their PBMs.
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J Pedro Teixeira (a.k.a. Jwow) @nephcrit.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury with a Steep Rise in Serum Creatinine
Abstract. Background: Vancomycin-associated (VA) acute kidney injury (AKI) is being increasingly recognized. A distinct pattern of rapid rise in serum creatinine (sCr) during VA-AKI has occasionally b...
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Sébastien Poulin @sebpoule.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🚨 Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections BALANCE trial publication is here ! #IDsky #Medsky @idjclub.bsky.social www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 20/11/2024
ICYMI Baxter spun off its renal group 🤔 It was renamed Vantive 🤷🏽‍♂️ But now It’s been sold to private equity 😰 Carlyle group, more details here www.healio.com/news/nephrol... and some wise comments from Brent Miller #NephSky
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Baxter agrees to sell kidney care business for $3.8 billion to investment firm Carlyle
Baxter International has agreed to sell its kidney care business to investment group Carlyle for $3.8 billion, according to a press release.Baxter had originally announced its intention to create a st...
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 20/11/2024
Avoidable things are killing our children.
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ScreamingMD @screamingmd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The greatest trick The Devil ever pulled was convincing the world He didn’t exist. The second greatest was rebranding the ACA Obamacare.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Zuckerberg owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns Twitter/X. When multi-billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy
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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 21/11/2024
17 from DC which unfortunately is south of the mason Dixon. But also I'm Black and this quiz is Black as hell is it not??!!?!
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 20/11/2024
Two things are really not good - practice point to hold iron when ferritin > 700. Hey - what about the DRIVE trial? - nudging Hgb target up to 11.5. Why 11:5? 11 is high enough for an ESA! #NephSky #Anemia Wish Daniel Coyne was here 🦋
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Edgar V. Lerma 🇵🇭 @edgarvlermamd.medsky.network · 16/11/2024
The 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Anemia in CKD from KDIGO is out for public review ‼️ #KDIGOAnemiainCKD #Nephpearls #NephSky 🎗️ Less than a week to submit your comments by Nov 22 🗓️ 👉 kdigo.org/guidelines/a...
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 20/11/2024
The perfect ratio of unread books you own to books you should buy is WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE BUT BUYING BOOKS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.art · 20/11/2024
Up to 45% of cases of #dementia could be prevented if we addressed a variety of early-life, midline & late-life risk factors: - education - hearing loss - depression - social isolation - air pollution - et al. #medsky #geronsky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39096926/
Population attributable fraction of potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia
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Natalie May @nmay.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
ALPACA - @cliffreid.bsky.social shares his cognitive forcing strategy for patients with refractory shock at @resuscitology.bsky.social #FOAMed #MedSky
A - actual hypotension? Check transducers/other limbs
L - lines - are the vasopressors going in the vein?
P - POCUS - exclude pump failure/obstruction
A - adrenal insufficiency? Consider hydrocortisone
C - calcium - ionised; check blood gas
A - anaphylaxis - is there ongoing allergen exposure?
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Caroline Dew @caro-icu.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Another great short video from the team at The Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre. This time on Temporary Pacing Basic Complications. #ICU #MedSky #ANZICS youtu.be/88IIq7ejjJE?...
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Temporary Pacing Basic Complications
YouTube video by The Alfred Intensive Care Academic Centre
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Stunning #NephJC
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Michelle Rheault, MD @rheaultm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
From a business standpoint the companies really have to do a trial that will make these K binders must-use and expand justification for their use. #NephJC
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JAMA @jama.com · 17/11/2024
FINEARTS-HF trial in JAMA Cardiology: Finerenone was effective in reducing the risk of CV death and heart failure events even in patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction who experienced elevated potassium levels. #AHA24 ja.ma/4euKMwg
Figures from "Finerenone, Serum Potassium, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction"
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thank goodness for the CDC 🥕🧪🩺🛟
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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Heartbreaking Nature article showing up to 72% rise in suicide attempts of US trans kids as result of anti-trans laws. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws were enacted in the USA across 19 states. This study shows that these anti-transgender laws increased past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-b...
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Avraham Cooper @avrahamcoopermd.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like as your ureters dump urine into your bladder ⬇️ Credit: Mohammed Alshamsi #SkyMed
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haysamrady @sodatroubles.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
#Megalin: A Sidekick or Nemesis of the #Kidney? #nephsky #medsky journals.lww.com/jasn/abstrac...
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Megalin: A Sidekick or Nemesis of the Kidney? : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
dynamic changes under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Receptors and various effector signaling components regulate megalin expression and potentially function. Genetic manipulation an...
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 14/11/2024
Vaccination saves lives. Period.
Graph demonstrating rates of vaccine preventable illness decreasing over time
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Mary Brandt, MD, MDiv @drmlb.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I'm a physician. I am terrified and grieving.
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