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Kevin Fernando

@drkevinfernando.bsky.social
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Portfolio GP, GPwER Diabetes/CVRM & Medical Education, Content Advisor @Medscape Global & UK, Honorary Clinical Reader @dundeeuni

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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Join @drpatrickholmes & I for a free webinar exploring the 2026 NICE NG28 guideline for the management of #T2D 🗓️Thursday 10 September 2026 7-8pm Sign-up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/orang... No funding or sponsorship has been received for this webinar
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔥Our @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on "Identification & Holistic Management of #CKD in Primary Care" has been updated for 2026! 🙏Thanks to my co-authors @EimearDarcy & @Will Hinchliffe PDF download in comments 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am pleased to share the launch of The CKM Collaborative. The CKM Collaborative has been created to support healthcare professionals in working across traditional boundaries, sharing learning and strengthening integrated care. Learn more: ckmcollaborative.com @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨My updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack is live! 🔥The Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Now including type 5 diabetes, hot on the heels of the International DIabetes Federation endorsement PDF download for all of my #hacks in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨My updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack is live! 🔥The Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Now including type 5 diabetes, hot on the heels of the International DIabetes Federation endorsement PDF download for all of my #hacks in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app 👇
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🔥My latest Medscape Primary Care #Hack is live! 💡Continuous Glucose Monitoring #CGM for people living with #T2D Co-authored with @drheatherbell Includes 8 simple steps to interpreting the Ambulatory Glucose Profile report #AGP PDF download link in comments 👇 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🔥Update to my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack: #DOAC dosing for stroke prevention in people with #AF & kidney impairment 🚨#DOACs are not "fire and forget" drugs; renal & liver monitoring should be done at least annually PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🎯Diagnosing & managing erectile dysfunction in primary care ❤️ ED can precede a CV event by 3-5y and is associated with >1.5x ⬆️ risk for CVD On Spotify, ApplePodcasts & @medscape.com website – link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Join me and Patrick Holmes for a free webinar on cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic (CKM) care. This session will also mark the official launch of The CKM Collaborative, formerly CVRM UK. 📅 Thursday, April 30 | 7pm | Online 💻 Register here: tinyurl.com/3hszjs5s
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Book your place – Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic (CKM) Medicine: insights and innovations for the future – Zoom
Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic (CKM) Medicine: insights and innovations for the future – Zoom, Thu 30 Apr 2026 - Short abstract: CKM conditions are intrinsically related, yet despite therapeutic advances, single condition models of care prevail. There needs to be a reconfiguration in the delivery of healthcare to improve patient outcomes and maintain the sustainability of healthc...
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My next Mediconf webinar is on Wednesday 15 April 730pm "A Pot Pourri of Primary Care": 🎯Diagnosis & management of coeliac disease 🎯Management of hyperkalaemia 🎯Managing patients presenting with a change in voice 🎯Diagnosis & management of night sweats Link in comments
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🎬I have built a small library of concise YouTube videos for people living with #T2D discussing: 🎯Positive lifestyle choices & #T2D 🎯Various aspects of #SGLT2i use including benefits, side-effects & sick day guidance 🎯UACR & #T2D with @kidneyresearchuk.org Link in comments⬇️ @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🚨GLP1 Receptor Agonist Adverse Effects: Practical Tips for Clinicians 🎯Mitigating #gastrointestinal side-effects 🎯Pancreatitis 🎯Hair loss 🎯Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy #NAION 🎯Interaction with #HRT Link in comments👇🏾
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
That physician will hardly be thought very careful of the health of his patients if he neglects his own. Galen 129-216 AD Successfully completed the Cape Town Cycle Tour with Tom Wishart! 109km. 1148m elevation gain. 5:13:21 riding time. Bucket list cycle. Strava flyover link in comments.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🖥️Join me tonight for my first MediConf webinar of 2026 🔥PCOS Redefined: Beyond Fertility to Cardiometabolic Health🔥 💡I'll be covering: 🎯New terminology 🎯Diagnosis 🎯Lifestyle interventions 🎯Non-fertility issues & cardiometabolic health 🎯Fertility & pregnancy Link in comments👇🏾
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🔥Updated @medscape.com primary care #hack on #lipid management🔥 Incorporates 🔑messages from @escardio.bsky.social @eassociety.bsky.social focused update on #lipid modification guidance PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @hpillminster.pharmsky.app @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
💪🏾Mind the Muscle: Incretin Therapies for Weight Loss 💪🏾 🔥The hottest of topics with incretin therapies🔥 Here's my last @medscape.com perspective piece from the ObesityWeek congress in Atlanta - link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app @jjmounjaro.bsky.social
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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 15/10/2025
Oooo worth a listen! @drkevinfernando.bsky.social knows how to draw a crowd and guaranteed to delivered superb CPD content. Let me present BlueSky Exhibit A: @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social Session on LFTs (Bonus points if you can spot me!) #BestPracticeShow #GPsky #PrimaryCare
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
💡 The first step in healthcare is self-care 🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🚨Improving cardiometabolic health in #T2D, focusing on the importance of 24-hour physical behaviours for people living with #T2D or the 5 𝗦's @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
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Robin Conibere @pharmrj.pharmsky.app · 08/10/2025
Great to see @drkevinfernando.bsky.social in real life talking us through the "potpourri" of diabetes @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social #bestpracticeshow check out his hacks and pearls ➡️ medscape-uk.co/Hacks
Dr Kevin Fernando at best practice show talking to a large audience about diabetes
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Helen Hương Kilminster @hpillminster.pharmsky.app · 08/10/2025
Day 1 @bestpracticeshow.bsky.social ✅ Highlights for me: - packed out session by @drkevinfernando.bsky.social on abnormal LFTS. Who knew that clinical diploma module on hepatic med would be handy? - Meeting some @nhsconfed.org Alumni - Catching with ex PCCLEs & my BFF @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
💡 “If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, living in the future” Laozi Born 601BC 🔥My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live 🚨Identifying & Managing Health Anxiety in Primary Care On Apple Podcasts, Spotify and link👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
💡Psoriasis Is More Than Just Skin Deep 🔥New @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack “Assessment and Management of Psoriasis in Primary Care" 🎯Common presentations inc. skin of colour 🎯Psoriatic arthritis 🎯Cardiometabolic risk & mental health 🎯Annual checklist & therapeutic options @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🔥Metformin & #SGLT2i for almost all in draft NICE #t2d guidance! ⚠️But no drug is without harm, & we must balance the benefits against possible adverse effects 💡Have a look at my YouTube videos for people living with #T2D considering #sglt2is www.youtube.com/@DrKevinFern... @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔶What is Type 3c Diabetes?🔶 🎯T3c diabetes is diabetes associated with any disease, trauma or surgery of the exocrine pancreas, and it's often misdiagnosed as #T2D Link in comments 👇🏾 Also on Spotify & Apple #podcasts @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🙏🏾Thanks for the lovely feedback on my @medscape.com "what next after metformin" #hacks 💡Here are my companion #hacks for these resources covering: 🎯prescribing for #t2d & #CKD 🎯extraglycaemic indications of #sglt2is 👇🏾PDF links in comments @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease & old physician ends life with 1 drug for 20 diseases Sir William Osler 🔥Epic (!) update to my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hacks - "What next after metformin 1&2" 🔥 PDF link in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔶What is Lp(a), and when should we check it?🔶 🎯Lp(a) is an important but underappreciated independent risk factor for #ASCVD Link in comments👇🏾 Also on @Spotify & @Apple #podcasts @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔶What is Lp(a), and when should we check it?🔶 🎯Lp(a) is an important but underappreciated independent risk factor for #ASCVD Link in comments👇🏾 Also on @Spotify & @Apple #podcasts @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🔥#ADA2025 gamechanger! 🔶 Will Mifepristone Prove A #CATALYST For Change? 🎯 The #CATALYST trial is the next evolution in personalised #T2D care. We should consider screening for #hypercortisolism in those with difficult-to-control #T2D Link in comments below 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Erik Greb @medscapeerik.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The STRIDE trial illustrates the significant benefits that semaglutide has for patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. This therapy could improve quality and quantity of life in these patients, says @drkevinfernando.bsky.social. #diabetes www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Semaglutide Has Found Its STRIDE
The STRIDE trial has laid the foundation for a paradigm shift in how we use GLP-1 RAs for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease.
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🚦Join me Thurs eve for "A potpourri of primary care topics - part 2" 💡I'm covering: 🎯Interpretation of the FBC in primary care (neutropenias, lymphopenias, thrombocytopenias etc) 🎯UTI in children 🎯 Management of blurred vision in primary care 🎯 "Red eye" picture quiz Registration link in comments 👇🏾
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
❤️ My latest @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack has been a longstanding passion project! 🔥Prescribing Pearls for Primary Care🔥 🎯Tips on using mirtazapine, rosuvastatin low-dose doxycycline once-weekly rosuvastatin & others! PDF link in comments below👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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PCWHS @pcwhs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Are you an HCP curious about weight loss injections and the implications for women's health? This is one of the topics we'll be addressing at our annual conference with the esteemed @drkevinfernando.bsky.social. Explore the full agenda here: www.pcwhs.co.uk/events/5/pcw...
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My latest @medscape.com Medical Mentor podcast is live! 💡How to Identify & Treat Hypomagnesaemia in Primary Care 🎯 >1y Rx with all PPIs can lead to hypomagnesemia, do remember any OTC use 🔥Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🚦Latest @medscape.com Primary Care #hack is live! 🔥Paired #hacks covering the diagnosis & management of #HFrEF & #HFpEF in primary care PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social @hpillminster.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🚦Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack 🔥Interpreting iron studies in primary care🔥 🎯 What are iron studies? 🎯 Top tips & pitfalls to avoid 🎯 Managing ⬆️ ferritin 🎯 Iron deficiency: once daily dosing help absorption PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🔥Our #CVRMUK paper is now published! 💡"Advancing Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Medicine: A Narrative Review of Insights and Innovations for the Future" 🎯This review advocates for an integrated #CKM framework Open access link in comments 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🔥My latest @medscape.com article is live 💡Key learning points from NICE NG243 Adrenal Insufficiency: Identification & Management guideline 🎯When to suspect adrenal insufficiency & physiological equivalent doses of glucocorticoids Link in comments 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
💡Preventing is better than treating 💡 🔥Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on "Identifying People at High Risk of #T2D " 🔥 Updated in light of recently published SIGN 172 Prevention & Remission of #T2D PDF link in comments 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
💡My latest Medscape Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔥The interpretation & management of hypercalcaemia in primary care🔥 On Spotify, Apple Podcasts & @medscape.com website (link👇🏾) Also see my @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on calcium @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
💡The first step in healthcare is self-care 💡 We must educate before we medicate 🔥 Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on Lifestyle Changes for Managing #Hypertension 🔥 PDF download link in comments 👇🏾 @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hot on heels of CVRMUK congress, @EimearDarcy & I present our updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack 🔥#T2D #CVRM checklist🔥 💡A holistic, person-centred approach to supporting our patients living with #T2D PDF download in comments below👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Hot on heels of CVRMUK congress, @EimearDarcy & I present our updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack 🔥#T2D #CVRM checklist🔥 💡A holistic, person-centred approach to supporting our patients living with #T2D PDF download in comments below👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🎯 CVRMUK London conference tomorrow! I'm covering 💡A history lesson: the evolution of cardio-renal disease 💡The intersection of sleep & #CVRM 💡EASL-EASD-EASO #MASLD guidance 🔥 Our Autumn CVRMUK conference is on 26/11/25 Register 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'll be covering: 🎯 Managing health anxiety in primary care 🎯 Lifestyle interventions for managing hypertension 🎯 Managing penicillin allergy in primary care 🎯 Diagnosis & management of gout Looking forward to it!
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🎯Updated @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack 🔥 #DOAC dosing for stroke prevention in #NVAF & kidney impairment🔥 🚨 #DOACs are not "fire & forget" drugs 💡 Do not use #eGFR; #CrCl should be used for drug dosing PDF download link in comments below 👇🏾 @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
💡 My latest Medical Mentor podcast is live! 🔥Interpretation & management of hypocalcaemia for PC 🔥 On Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Medscape website (link👇🏾) +see my @medscape.com PC #Hack on hypercalcaemia and hypocalcaemia in PC (link👇🏾) @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🔥Practical approaches to #CGM in Primary Care: A UK-based consensus opinion🔥 Co-authored with esteemed colleagues & published Diabetes Therapy this week. Open-access: pdf link in comments 🎯Includes "digital readiness" checklist @goggledocs.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @shashj.bsky.social
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🔥Our CVRMUK London annual meeting is fully subscribed and on a waitlist🔥 🔥Save the date! We are holding a further CVRMUK London conference, Wednesday 26 November 2025🔥 Register your interest - link in comments below See you later this month!
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Kevin Fernando @drkevinfernando.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🔥Major update to our @medscape.com Primary Care #Hack on #CKD interventions 🔥 🎯Prescriptive guidance on multiple pillars of #CKD therapy 🎯 New table on potassium with #RAASis 🎯 Signpost to @kidneycareuk.bsky.social PIL PDF download in comments @pharmrj.pharmsky.app @goggledocs.bsky.social
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