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Sinead Stoneman

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🇮🇪 Nephrologist. GN fellow in 🇨🇦.

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Juan Carlos Q Vélez, MD @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Excited about this @theisn.org initiative, especially under the leadership of @hswapnil.medsky.social as EIC. Nephrology needed this www.theisn.org/blog/2025/12...
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Turning clinical experience into shared knowledge: ISN launches Kidney International Case ReportsTM - International Society of Nephrology
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Anand Vaidya @anandvaidya17.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Yes. This is a game changer. Beyond being able to replace AVS, it allows one to “see” the underlying pathological contributors to a large proportion of “idiopathic” hypertension. This is another piece of evidence that should make clinicians rethink the pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Ok, we have a winner. Thanks. bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Will Herrington @willkidney.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
2025 @thelancet.com #CKD seminar out! Read it for latest evidence on how to manage what is projected to become a top 5 leading cause of death globally by 2050 (read it so in 25years’ time that does not happen…): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 19/11/2025
I think Aliza Thompson is an unsung hero in this story for spearheading the albuminuria acceptance at FDA journals.lww.com/cjasn/pages/... #NephJC
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Sinead Stoneman @sstoneman.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Sinead, current GN fellow. Exciting times in IgAN/nephrology in general. No COI. Mainly lurking tonight. #NephJC
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Michelle Rheault, MD @rheaultm.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Clinical Variability of ADPKD in Monozygotic Twins www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 08/11/2025
And paper 3 from @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social On adaptation of the Navigate Kidney intervention in @kireports.bsky.social www.kireports.org/article/S246... #KidneyWk
Figure 1 ADAPT steps. CHW, community health worker; CSC, community steering committee.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 08/11/2025
And the GBD analysis on CKD From @paddymark.bsky.social and colleagues www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... in @thelancet.com #KidneyWk
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Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease in adults, 1990–2023, and its attributable risk factors: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
CKD is a major global health issue, with rising prevalence and increasing importance as a cause of death and as a risk factor for cardiovascular death. A better understating of aetiology, appropriate ...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 05/11/2025
Trials coming out already! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Rituximab better than placebo in FRNS/SDNS Duh. #KidneyWk #NephSky
Visual abstract
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 06/11/2025
Another simultaneous publication from the afternoon session Albuminuria as an acceptable surrogate outcome (per our discussion earlier today) www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @naturemedicine.bsky.social @nature.com sadly paywalled #KidneyWk
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A meta-analysis of albuminuria as a surrogate endpoint for kidney failure - Nature Medicine
In a meta-analysis of 48 randomized trials of chronic kidney disease progression, reduction in the 6-month urinary albumin:creatinine ratio was associated with lower hazard ratios of established kidne...
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 06/11/2025
ORIGIN phase 3 trial: In an interim analysis of a clinical trial, atacicept, a fusion protein that binds and inhibits two cytokines thought to be central to the pathophysiology of IgA nephropathy, significantly reduced proteinuria. nej.md/3JEq8QL @asnkidney.bsky.social | #KidneyWk
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2025 
Original Article | Nov. 6, 2025 | NEJM.org 
A Phase 3 Trial of Atacicept in Patients  with IgA Nephropathy 

Figure 2A. Change from Baseline in 24-Hr Urinary Protein-to-Creatinine Ratio through Week 36. 

The NEJM identity sits at the bottom.
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JAMA @jama.com · 05/11/2025
The KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease recommends using equations that include both creatinine and cystatin C for more accurate GFR estimation and risk assessment in CKD. ja.ma/43QS5vy
JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis: Classification and Risk Assessment of Chronic Kidney Disease. Guideline Title: KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease.
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Michelle Rheault, MD @rheaultm.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I like to lump patients with type IV collagen variants into 4 main categories that can help predict risk of progression and recommended treatment. #KidneyWk
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Michelle Rheault, MD @rheaultm.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Highlights from my talk yesterday on Alport syndrome spectrum of disorders. (since no one posted it, I'll have to do it myself) Variants in type IV collagen cause a wide spectrum of disease. #KidneyWk 🧵
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 05/11/2025
watch out - ORIGIN-3 and FINEONE likely simultaneous publications tomorrow morning! #KidneyWk
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Amali Samarasinghe @amali92.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Fantastic Day 1 ✅ #KidneyWk @asnkidney.bsky.social
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Dan Lewer @danlewer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Idea for a Christmas BMJ paper: submit loads of Christmas BMJ papers, then do a survival analysis of time to rejection. Then submit the survival analysis as a Christmas BMJ paper the following year
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Tiff Caza @glombandit.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Crescents at various stages of maturation (cellular, fibrocellular, fibrous):
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Sinead Stoneman @sstoneman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I’m Sinead and I “have a faulty amygdala”. As per a neurologist I worked for.
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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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Florian Buchkremer @swissnephro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Patients who are diagnosed with ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema should be tested for hereditary angioedema types 1/2“ So far, not something that I have been doing … #whatilearnedtoday #nephsky #skyneph onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema—The 2021 revision and update
Click on the article title to read more.
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NephroloverPriti @priti899.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
❄️🌬" Snow White Tales in Nephrology" ❄️ 💥Our latest article collects evidences from the published literature between skin whitening creams and glomerular diseases. 🌟 🩺 buff.ly/3CBzGIy
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Jyoti Baharani @renalpages.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📢 Our systematic review published in BMC Nephrology examines the potential of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in improving glycemic control for patients with diabetes and the challenges of managing blood glucose levels in this unique population and highlights promising results from CGM use.
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Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Still very cool to sit in grand rounds and see a #VisualAbstract after #VisualAbstract make it into the slide deck. Hard to underestimate how much good science AND good design helps dissemination. #medsky
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Roser Torra @rosertorra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just landed here! Looks very good. Happy to meet so many known faces here.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 20/11/2024
#NephJC comment from EP specialist on the significance of CSCA See @christosargyrop.bsky.social even asystolic pauses are seemingly common 😳
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Nephrology Journal Club @nephjc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#NephJC is about the community, it wouldn't be the same, or even live for so long without any of you (remember? we celebrated 10 years 🥳) We want to move it forward. If you want to (re)find your people see the #NephSky starter packs @hswapnil.bsky.social put together bsky.app/profile/hsw...
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@hswapnil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Sunday morning #NephSky update The 3rd Nephrology pack is full, finished off with a flourish: the nicest nephrologist: @melhoenig.bsky.social 🥰 Now on to the 4th pack: go.bsky.app/YeuH82 3rd pack: go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4 2nd pack go.bsky.app/N27Kzri 1st pack: go.bsky.app/H4td28C Reply/DM to add [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Sinead Stoneman @sstoneman.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Sinead Stoneman, long time #NephJC lover. Glad and proud I can join the chat tonight, though I’ll be mainly lurking. No COI.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 19/11/2024
Also #BlueSky has crossed 20 million users #AskRenal is up & running bsky.app/profile/did:... (Thanks @drnikhilshah.bsky.social) The @theisn.org got a custom domain 🙌🏽 @kidneyboy.bsky.social proves 🦋>> 🐦 #NephSky update
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 19/11/2024
So @kidneyboy.bsky.social has 15 times more followers on Xitter (along with algorithm boosting blue check) versus a ‘BlueSky Elder’ coveted label here Same post comparison below It’s a #BlueSky blowout #NephSky
BlueSky resultsTwitter results
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Brian Rifkin @brianrifkin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@nephjc.bsky.social Check out the lovely VA for tonight’s discussion from Madiha Aziz. #NephJC
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Benoît Brilland @benoitbrilland.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Two recent reviews of #ANCA vasculitis with wonderful graphics, and for the first time I think, #PR3 🔹 and #MPO 🔸 phenotypes considered in parallel but SEPARATELY! A new era with individualized treatment is coming for sure! 🔹 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38574742/ 🔸 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38574743/
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Proteinase 3-specific antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis
Proteinase 3 (PR3)-specific antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is one of two major ANCA-associated vasculitis variants a…
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#AskRenal @askrenal.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Dear #AskRenal friends - Finally, I have a feed up and running! Still trying to get the repost and like feature working. Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... Questions - DM me - @drnikhilshah.bsky.social #NephSky #MedSky @nephjc.bsky.social l @hswapnil.bsky.social l @kidneyboy.bsky.social
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 17/11/2024
when you see the Juurlink name on a paper - worry about which drug is going to get slaughtered eg Spironolactone pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15295047/ so imagine our concern when we saw this case report: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32744865/ my two favorites: flozin + statin = rhabdomyolysis?😱 1/
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Rosuvastatin Myotoxicity After Starting Canagliflozin Treatment: A Case Report - PubMed
Rosuvastatin Myotoxicity After Starting Canagliflozin Treatment: A Case Report
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 17/11/2024
make sure to check out all the 4 nephrology starter packs! 4th pack: go.bsky.app/YeuH82 3rd Nephrology pack: go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4 Second pack go.bsky.app/N27Kzri First pack: go.bsky.app/H4td28C (just added you to pack 4) #NephSky
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Benoît Brilland @benoitbrilland.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Moving from Twitter? Looking for #vasculits #glomerulonephritis lovers? Starter pack (work in progress): go.bsky.app/HFADD3c. Reply or DM to be added in the list!
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Jonathan Zuckerman MD PhD @jzrenalpath.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Interesting case of ANCA GN apparently triggered by COVID infection. Also showed concurrent membranous features with MPO+(IHC below) IgG (IF below) deposits as has been described: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... #renalpath #nephrology #pathsky
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 16/11/2024
All in! go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4 Now get the ERA, UKKA and the journals on board too!
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Anitha Vijayan MD @vijayanmd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@silvishah.bsky.social Huge congratulations on your AHA award!! Way to go! Love the cardiorenal crossover ❤️ #nephsky Photos from other platform courtesy of Martha Gulati @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
Silvi
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
We need a pubpeer for science journalism and press releases.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 15/11/2024
The Chronicles of Chronotherapy in hypertension, on MARKUS @ Home with @rickyturgeon.bsky.social Scott Garrison And Isla Mackenzie #HTSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqkT...
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Morning vs Evening BP Drugs: TIME & BedMed - Dr. Mackenzie, Dr. Hiremath, Dr. Garrison, Dr. Turgeon
YouTube video by MARKUS at HOMe
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 15/11/2024
Good morning! Nov 15 AM update: The 3rd Nephrology pack is well known its way: go.bsky.app/2yLiYN4 Second pack go.bsky.app/N27Kzri First pack: go.bsky.app/H4td28C Hypertension Nerds go.bsky.app/KBLojr Kidney/HT Journals go.bsky.app/2BG7wKr Please reply or DM me to be added!
QR code for pack 3
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Ruth Pepper @real-drpepper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thrilled to find the Nephrology community here #nephsky Looking forward to reconnecting with my fellow nephrons and social media connoisseurs! @toates.bsky.social @hswapnil.bsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social @sstoneman.bsky.social
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Joel Topf @kidneyboy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This study is going to be the topic of #NephJC ’s first journal club on Bluesky. Next Tuesday 9pm EST.
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hey #NephSky peeps The Nephrology Starter pack has 150 (which is the limit) These are the last few additions bsky.app/profile/hswa... If you are in the kidney/renal/nephrology space and not on this list, let me know here! Will get started on pack #2 accordingly!
146-150 accounts in the nephrology starter pack The QR code for the Nephrology Starter pack
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
In clinical research, you will often receive feedback on study design, stats, and/or data analysis from an editor or reviewer that is simply wrong. Here is a list of common "statistical myths" and references you can use to push back. discourse.datamethods.org/t/reference-...
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Reference Collection to push back against "Common Statistical Myths"
Note: This topic is a wiki, meaning that this main body of the topic can be edited by others. Use the Reply button only to post questions or comments about material contained in the body, or to sugge...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 11/11/2024
‘T$&@& is cholera. His hate, his lies, it’s an infection that’s in the drinking water now’ Tech bros, social media and politics Good read from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A new era dawns. America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power | Carole Cadwalladr
The era that began with the Great Disruptor’s first term is over. Beware the emerging elite
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Jonathan Zuckerman MD PhD @jzrenalpath.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Smiling glomerulus to brighten your day. #pathology #renalpath #nephropathy #nephropath
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Nephrology Journal Club @nephjc.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Our last #NephJC was on #flozination. We discussed the long-term effects of empagliflozin on CKD & revisited the EMPA-KIDNEY study #NephSky 👉 See the summary blog: www.nephjc.com/news/empa-lo...
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FLOZINATing to the Future- Long Term Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with CKD — NephJC
This week, we will discuss post-trial follow-up for EMPA-Kidney. What are the longer-term effects of empagliflozin for patients with chronic kidney disease?
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