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Daniel Batlle, MD

@daniel-batlle.bsky.social
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Nephrologist at Northwestern University. Phyciam scientist with diverse research interests, from Acid-Base to ACE2. Proud grandfather. Soccer, go FC Barcelona!

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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Thanks to JASN @asnpublications.bsky.social for publishing our paper. Hopefully, this work will help define metabolic acidosis in CKD better by including data on estimated arterial pH and PCO2. Link: doi.org/10.1681/asn.... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Pleased to share our paper in Hypertension by Romy Fischer, Luise Hassler, Jan Wysocki showing that severe Ang II-induced hypertension causes hemolysis with release of the PEP enzyme and also ACE inhibitory activity. doi.org/10.1161/hype... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How much sodium is retained when healthy humans are deprived of dietary potassium short-term? To find out, please read our paper just published in Circulation Research @ahajournals.bsky.social : Link: doi.org/10.1161/circ... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Pleased to share this study by Nabil Sweis et al. in AJP-Renal where we report for the first time a comparison of Tolvaptan vs hypertonic saline to increase plasma sodium in normal volunteers doi.org/10.1152/ajpr... @feinberg.northwestern.edu @nu-nephrology.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Pleased to announce that my App is now available for free in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store! You can find it under the name “Venous to Arterial Blood Gas”
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Sending a strong message. Thank you. Fortunatly things are improving as of late
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thank you for posting our recent paper in Cell, a multicenter effort led by @rose-hill.bsky.social and @ardemp.bskyverified.social @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nuintmed.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Interesting
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Jim Myers @kidneystories.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Mamdani puts his pen where his mouth is on immigration
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order on Friday to limit the ability of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to invade buildings, a direct rebuke of the Trump administration...
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Thank you @asnpublications.bsky.social for posting our paper on the transformation of venous to arterial blood gas. To facilitate calculations, I developed an App “Venous to Arterial Blood Gas” available for free (apps.apple.com/us/app/venou...) @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @feinberg.northwestern.edu
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Venous to Arterial Blood Gas App - App Store
Download Venous to Arterial Blood Gas by Daniel Batlle on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Venous to Arterial…
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Scripps Research @scripps.edu · 23/12/2025
A new @cp-cell.bsky.social study led by @ardemp.bskyverified.social and @rose-hill.bsky.social identifies a kidney mechanism that allows renin to adjust in real time, showing that PIEZO2 enables cells to sense physical forces and fine-tune renin release.
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Study reveals a key hormonal circuit in the kidneys
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Rose Z. Hill, Ph.D. @rose-hill.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Our story on mechanosensation in baroreceptor cells of the kidney is finally out! Well worth the wait on this project we began in 2020 that turned into a massive collaborative effort within the kidney field. 🫘 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Nice way to end the year being part of this paper in Cell showing that PIEZO2 is an essential regulator of renin by @rose-hill.bsky.social and top scientists including @ardemp.bskyverified.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social @nu-nephrology.bsky.social@nufeinbergmed.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happy to see our commentary with @jbrianbyrd.bsky.social suggesting that Angiotensin II should be part of the evaluation of primary hyperaldosteronism. @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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J. Brian Byrd @jbrianbyrd.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Dan Batlle & I wrote about testing for primary aldosteronism, bringing a critical lens to the usual approach www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
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American Heart Association Journals
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Good paper! Please also see our editorial in @kidneyint.bsky.social alerting to a possible new syndrome with features distinct but also overlapping with renal tubular acidosis. Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ki... @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social
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Redirecting
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Thanks to @asnpublications.bsky.social for highlighting our feature on a new syndrome of renal tubular alkalosis! www.kidneynews.org/view/journal... @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Congratulations to Leo Riella and team reporting physiology aspects from the first porcine kidney transplanted to a human. Happy to have contributed findings on pig renin and the renin-angiotensin system. @natcomms.nature.com @nu-nephrology.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social rdcu.be/eIyQt
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 28/09/2025
The era of a safe government job is done www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @theguardian.com which is a much better read than most others right now
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US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program
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forsterp.bsky.social @forsterp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Thrilled to publish this paper with my mentor @daniel-batlle.bsky.social‬.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Recent paper by medical student Peter Forster et al. showing an effect of Aminopeptidase A and Angiotensin-(1-12) on BP @daniel-batlle.bsky.social @nu-nephrology.bsky.social Aminopeptidase A Effect on Angiotensin Peptides and Their Blood Pressure Action mdpi.com/3412196 #mdpiijms @IJMS_MDPI
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Barcelona can bet on Hansi Flick to get the most out of Marcus Rashford
The manager and player are a good match for one another
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Tricia Dewberry @triciawokeaf.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I wish the USA had respected Jimmy Carter more than they had. He was an amazing man. He was probably the most honest president we have ever had.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 06/05/2025
~ 7% hyperkalemia with Finerenone in the 'real world' from the nonrandomized FINEREAL study via @nephtimes.bsky.social and #NKFClinicals www.docwirenews.com/post/interim... this is despite 43% flozination - so our prediction was prescient pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34400243/ #NephSky
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Interim US Results From the FINE-REAL Study | Docwire News
At SCM25, researchers presented results of an interim analysis of the FINE-REAL study of finerenone among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It was a pleasure writing this piece with you @a1ismail.bsky.social, Bilal, and Dr. Rosa. I hope the article explains well the urine anion gap concept & its use in the proper context. @asnpublications.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social @nu-nephrology.bsky.social journals.lww.com/cjasn/pages/...
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FC Barcelona Femení @fcbfemeni.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
𝑶𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒍𝒆. 🔥
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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Barcelona have a lot to be proud of but the true test is yet to come in the Champions League
An impressive run to prove to the world and themselves that the Blaugrana are to be taken seriously again
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health robertreich.substack.com/p/the-man-no...
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The man no rational person would put in charge of the public’s health
Friends,
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 30/01/2025
I remain optimistic - see overall stats Yes #MedSky is lagging - but news is pretty good. Sports is catching up - not 🏏 yet though as @medcrisis.bsky.social sez (Indians are stuck on X) 🤞 - what do you think @kidneyboy.bsky.social ?
BlueSky stats from https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans apnews.com/article/dona...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Loren L.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Important topic. Back in 2008 there were several cases of acute renal failure from milk adulteration with melamine in China. Actually there were deaths and countless hospitalizations. We discussed this in a paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @nu-nephrology.bsky.social.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Thank you for pisting this article Elba.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Thank you for posting this.
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Eric Weinhandl @ericweinhandl.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Goodbye, COVID mAbs. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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FDA Revokes EUAs of Four COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies
Mostly expired drugs are no longer effective against circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains
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J. Brian Byrd @jbrianbyrd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
A brilliant MD/PhD student challenged my explanation of pseudohypertension in clinic yesterday "Isn't BP detected upon the _re-expansion_ of the artery, which could have different dynamics in a stiff artery compared with compression of the artery?" Thoughts? www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Osler's Maneuver and Pseudohypertension | NEJM
We describe a simple bedside procedure (which we call "Osler's maneuver") that differentiates patients with true hypertension from those whose blood pressure is spuriously elevated because of exces...
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
History of Medicine . I remember the first patient at the U of I in Chicago early 80s
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 10/12/2024
On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD #MedSky #IDSky
Published on This Day in 1981.  
Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia and Mucosal Candidiasis in Previously Healthy Homosexual Men — Evidence of a New Acquired Cellular Immunodeficiency  

An illustration showing the reproductive cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and sites of action of the major classes of antiretroviral medications.  

The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Gracias a ti y a IMIN .
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Elba Medina @elbaonelida.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The Barry Brenner in Memoriam Lecture: Update in the Renin-Angiotensin system and focus on the Angiotensin Converting Enzime 2 (ACE2) . Muchas gracias Dr @daniel-batlle.bsky.social, por venir a México 🇲🇽 ! #Nefrología @IMINmx #TODOSSOMOSIMIN #IMIN2024
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#MedSky
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
There we are! Right alongside journalists and Pokemon fans! @hswapnil.bsky.social killing it!
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Daniel Batlle, MD @daniel-batlle.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
www.barcablaugranes.com/2024/11/21/2...
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Celta clash is a test to see if Barcelona can win without Lamine Yamal
Flick will look to get his team back on track coming out of the international break
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