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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 29/05/2026

recording an episode of @freelyfiltered.bsky.social with some filtrates and special guest Carla Nester from U IOwa #NephJC

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

👁️ youtu.be/rnb-UDRqItg 👈 #MedEd video Distal #RTA made simple 🫘⚡ Type 1: ↓ H⁺ secretion → urine pH >5.5 Type 4: ↓ aldosterone → hyperK⁺ ENaC/voltage defects Visit 👉 www.abckidney.com for immersive learning experience #Nephrology #Physiology #AcidBase #RTA

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

youtu.be/01Ia971S7Bw 👈 #MedEd video How does the kidney reclaim HCO₃⁻? 🫘⚡ At the PCT NHE3 → H⁺ secretion Carbonic anhydrase (acetazolamide 📛) → CO₂/H₂O NBCe1 → HCO₃⁻ to blood Visit www.abckidney.com for immersive learning #Nephrology #FOAMed #AcidBase #USMLE #Physiology

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 29/03/2026

The first simultaneous publication from #ISNWCN journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex... in @asnpublications.bsky.social JASN Atrasentan reduced proteinuria in IgAN even if on RASi + Flozin

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

▶️ youtu.be/ufco0XpjP7s #nephron #microanatomy from the #glomerulus → #PCT → #Loop of Henle →# DCT → collecting duct 🧠 Macula densa 🩸 #RAAS regulation 💧 #TGF 🔬 Immersive learning www.abckidney.com #RenalPhysiology #MedEd #FOAMed #USMLE #NephSky

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#Physiology is hard, #kidney physiology is even harder! 🤔But it doesn't have to be 👀Check out www.abckidney.com, #MedEd; Designed to 🔽 the forgetting curve ✅Multiple choice, simple videos & 👆interactive activites! @asnkidney.bsky.social #KidneyCure grant awardee #USMLE #COMLEX

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

▶️ youtu.be/-uE52jo8X4A When is #ADH still ⬆️ in #hyponatremia? Low #EABV overrides osmotic suppression via baroreceptor signaling 🧠 ADH physiology 💧 Hyponatremia 🔬 For immersive educational experience www.abckidney.com #RenalPhysiology #NephSky #MedEd #FOAMed

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

▶️ youtu.be/xSdJlCPBL2E Learn how kidneys maintain balance through: 💧 Filtration 🔁 Reabsorption ⬆️ Secretion 🚽 Excretion Plus endocrine roles: 🩸 EPO ☀️ Vitamin D activation 🫀 Renin 🔬 Immersive learning www.abckidney.com #NephSky #RenalPhysiology #MedEd #FOAMed #USMLE

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

▶️ ow.ly/paPW50Yry3Q How do kidneys maintain acid–base balance? 3️⃣ key functions: 🧪 Reclaim filtered bicarb ⬆️ H⁺ secretion ➕ Generate new bicarb 🔬 Immersive learning @ ow.ly/6Qbj50Yry3P #KidneyCure grant awardee #NephSky #AcidBase #RenalPhysiology #MedEd #FOAMed

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

🔥Hypovolemia → Na+ retention → volume restoration 💧🧂 youtu.be/H_Ueh1PfS7M How the body senses ↓ effective circulating volume & activates #RAAS, SNS, #aldosterone to reclaim Na+ 👀Immersive learning www.abckidney.com #NephSky #MedEd #RAAS #Physiology

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

📣 Serum sodium ≠ total body sodium 🤔Why does this matter?👇 youtu.be/H_Ueh1PfS7M Usually.. 🧂 Na⁺-> ECF volume. 💧 Water -> osmolality. HypoNa+ & hyperNa+ make sense. www.abckidney.com for immersive education #NephSky #FOAMed #MedEd #Physiology #Electrolytes

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📣 Kidney Physiology made simple 🔥 Check out 👉 www.abckidney.com 👈 for a immersive & interactive educational experience!! #NephTwitter #MedEd #FOAMed #Physiology

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🔥#renalphysiology basics : how kidneys regulate water balance & #ADH controls serum #osmolality & urine concentration — #homeostasis 👀 www.abckidney.com 👈 for a more immersive experience #MedEd #NephSky ▶️ youtu.be/zdAViihSHIQ

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Sophia Ambruso @sophia-kidney.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

📣Friends!! Please check out 👀 🔥 www.abckidney.com Supported by @asnkidney.bsky.social Kidney Cure grant, it integrates durable learning theory into an immersive kidney physiology experience!! Follow here 👇👇 @abckidney.bsky.social 👀 us at YouTube 👇👇 @abckidney6240 - more to come soon 🤩

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

🔥Total body water explained step-by-step. 👇👇 👀 youtu.be/BTPzgoCfTaY Learn how #TBW distributes between ICF and ECF & how fluid shifts affect real clinical problems like #hypernatremia. For learners who want physiology to actually make sense. #FOAMed #Nephrology #MedEd #RenalPhysiology

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📣Got #nephrophobia? Nephron function from start to finish. 👉https://youtu.be/Pzl12KCBCR0 We walk through the #glomerulus → PCT → Loop of Henle → DCT → collecting duct to explain #nephron basics #Nephrology #FOAMed #MedEd #RenalPhysiology #USMLE #NephSky 👀www.abckidney.com for immersive learning

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🤔 How does the kidney concentrate urine? youtu.be/ClmLa7js51A 👈 Medullary osmotic gradient, countercurrent multiplication, urea recycling & ADH explained 🔥 www.abckidney.com immersive learning #Nephrology #FOAMed #MedEd #RenalPhysiology #USMLE

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

🧪 Don't let acid-base intimidate you! youtu.be/wW-I2GX9rlE pH regulation, buffering systems, bicarbonate–CO₂ & clinical correlations 🔬 ABC Kidney series www.abckidney.com for immersive experience! 👈 #Nephrology #FOAMed #AcidBase #ABG #MedEd #Physiology

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🤔 What's the difference between #AGMA & #NAGMA? youtu.be/-Ahjxv5FK0A Unmeasured anions, #GOLDMARK & #HARDUP #mnemonics for metabolic acidosis. 🔥 ABC Kidney series www.abckidney.com a more immersive experience 👀 #Nephrology #FOAMed #AcidBase #ABG #MedEd #Physiology

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 25/02/2026

Isn’t it cool that the iron in our bodies came from a 5 billion year old supernova? www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... We are…..literally stardust (🎤 drop) #NephJC

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Supernovas blast iron into interstellar space

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🧪 Acid–base basics youtu.be/wW-I2GX9rlE pH regulation, buffering systems, bicarbonate–CO₂ & clinical correlations 🔬 ABC Kidney series www.abckidney.com for immersive experience! 👈 #Nephrology #FOAMed #AcidBase #ABG #MedEd #Physiology

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

📣 ABC Kidney isn't just videos!! 👀 www.abckidney.com 👈 ✅ An interactive experience w/ repetition & multiple modalities rooted in educational theory for learning, visit today Free & secure🔒.... start an account to learn 📖 #NephSky #Physiology #Nephrology #Nephrocurious #Nephrophobia #education

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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Sarah Melville @sarahkmels.medsky.network · 19/02/2026

For the 2026 #NephJCKidneys for the #NephJC The Nathan Hellman Social Media Project of the Year Award, I nominate @abckidney.bsky.social led by cc: @sophia-kidney.bsky.social 🤓😃🙏 cc: @nephjc.bsky.social

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 17/02/2026

renal physiology 101 needs? Follow @abckidney.bsky.social - and check out abckidney.com @sophia-kidney.bsky.social ‘s award winning educational project #NephSky #MedEd

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Sophia Ambruso @sophia-kidney.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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ABC Kidney - Kidney Physiology

ABC Kidney is a specialized interactive learning platform dedicated to the mastery of kidney physiology. Specifically designed for medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals.

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Sophia Ambruso @sophia-kidney.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🔥 Relaunching my #MedEd website w/ integrated durable learning methods @AbcKidney makes #kidneyphysiology intuitive, visual, & clinically meaningful — from fluid & electrolytes to acid–base & beyond. 🔗www.abckidney.com 👈 Start your account & learn! #Nephtwitter #NephX

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ABC Kidney @abckidney.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🧂 Total Body Sodium 101 youtu.be/xY6VjWZquKk Short, visual renal physiology teaching—FOAMed style. 🔬 An ABC Kidney teaching series 🌐 www.abckidney.com for interactive learning! #FOAMed #Nephrology #RenalPhysiology #MedEd #KidneyEducation #Electrolytes

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 19/11/2025

@captainchloride.bsky.social loves Cl 🤷‍♂️ @sophia-kidney.bsky.social makes a brilliant draft pick 🎣 @kidneyboy.bsky.social loves Tirzepatide @brianrifkin.bsky.social likes FINEONE of course #NephSky

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 19/11/2025

The latest #FreelyFiltered episode has dropped www.nephjc.com/freelyfilter... With pinch hitters Brian Rifkin and Anna Gaddy

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FF 85 Live! From Houston, the #KidneyWk Draft — NephJC

FF 85 Live! From Houston, the #KidneyWk Draft

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kireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#MassSpectrometry of Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis #MCD #FSGS #VisualAbstract by Sophia Ambruso www.kireports.org/article/S2468-024…

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 14/11/2025

I got one as well Prof IgA teaching us during the taping @kidneyboy.bsky.social with @sophiakidney.bsky.social and moi #NephSky

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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Recording another @FreelyFiltered. This one with Jon Barratt. Talking atacicet and IgAN!

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Sophia Ambruso @sophia-kidney.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

@hswapnil.medsky.social do u have your most recent starter pack for Bluesky?

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 21/06/2025

The class of 2025, #NephJC interns www.nephjc.com/news/2025/6/...

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 05/06/2025

The problem with starting one drug at a time is that the second drug never gets started Similar to the ‘time is now’ GDMT in HF, we need to overcome the therapeutic inertia and friction in the system @brendonneuen.bsky.social #NephSky #ERA25

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Cristina Popa @nephroseeker.medsky.social · 26/02/2025

2/ Nice mentioning #kidneywk LBCT session moderated by @hswapnil.medsky.social and #nephjc crew in the room 🤩 @kidneyboy.bsky.social @sophia-kidney.bsky.social @captainchloride.bsky.social After all, it's about preserving our #nephsky community

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Cristina Popa @nephroseeker.medsky.social · 26/02/2025

Just. about to go to sleep (middle of the night for my timezone), and the top stories @freelyfiltered.bsky.social just dropped out, so will sleep later #topnephrology #NephJC 🎙️ First time @glombandit.bsky.social, lovely to hear again @rheaultm.bsky.social 💕 podcasts.apple.com/ro/podcast/f...

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FF 77 Top Nephrology Stories 2024

Podcast Episode · Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast · 26/02/2025 · 1h 12m

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Sarah Sanghavi @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Some light holiday reading courtesy of @ajkd.bsky.social and my co-author @captainchloride.bsky.social. The questions sync up with scenes in Home Alone. 😉 Unfortunately, we have no cat related commentary. That’s there for general cuteness (and a different paper on feline CKD)

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Disorders of Volume: Core Curriculum 2025

Historically, the paradigm for all maladies was associated with an imbalance of the 4 humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Although our…

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kireports.bsky.social @kireports.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

9/ Don’t miss this insightful commentary on the article by McGrath et al—definitely worth a read! 📖✨ www.kireports.org/article/S246... Also Check out the blog summarizing this article by 🎇@vamsidharv17.bsky.social @brianrifkin.bsky.social @sophia-kidney.bsky.social sky.social @mchanmd.bsky.social

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Is Automated Peritoneal Dialysis Better for Urgent-Start Dialysis Compared to Hemodialysis?

This article reviews whether automated peritoneal dialysis is better than hemodialysis for urgent start.

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