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Ah Chills!! Literal Chills! Classic Scene for #B99…

Kick off at the @IrishNephSoc ASM Kidney biopsy and POCUS precourse. Expert faculty and a full house. Liam Casserly leads out with clinical considerations for native and transplant biopsies @MedicineAtUL @IrishKidneyAs

Ultrasound Guided Kidney Biopsy Workshop #INS24 @IrishNephSoc

🔔 Final Programme for Irish Nephrology Society Annual Scientific Meeting For tickets see: eventbrite.ie/e/irish-nephro… #INS24 #INS24

CKD in 🇮🇪 adults Work from @DjmSexton @MellotteGeorge @HSELive @tilda_tcd et al featured in @KidneyNews

Our kidney biopsy model @PortiunculaHosp kidney pole, rib shadow, and biopsy core in preparation for @IrishNephSoc NCHD pre conference workshop at our annual scientific meeting. @ambyr_reid of @GalwayICAPSS continues to excel with each model better than the next. @HSE_NSO

Visual abstract of the anti-nephrin autoantibodies paper by @Stones__ #ERA24

Interesting observational cohort study on long-term outcomes from biopsy proven AIN Significant morbidity and mortality in first year post diagnosis From @Kevinlyttle1 @ClionaCowhig @_JamesGleeson @sarah_m_moran @MikeClarkson99 et al #ERA24

That’s a wrap for winter #INS24 Many thanks to attendees, presenters and sponsors. Credit to @JulioChevarria for organising, as well as INS leadership @ballyPOH @DjmSexton @PlantLiam @DREDD001 See you at the Annual Scientific Meeting 📆 14th-15th June 2024

28 y old young mother is referred for evaluation of progressive jaundice Docs are mind-boggled Patient is getting sicker - increasing jaundice/persistent itching 2 mo after delivering healthy baby girl She's scared, of the possibility that she wont get to see her baby girl...

Here’s the Foley catheter urine bag from a patient who presented to the ER with confusion What’s the diagnosis?

A lesson in life. Call from a colleague today… “Keith, I’ve got a 80 year old man with jaundice and fever from a large 2cm gallstone wedged in the bile duct. He’s on anticoagulation for PE. I just have a bad feeling about him and I think he needs an ERCP today.”

REGISTER NOW!🌟 to participate in #ASDIN2024 Session 1: Unresolved Old Business – New Approaches & Perspectives FEATURING SPEAKERS: @proychaudhuryMD, George Nassar, John Ross, & Gerald Beathard Moderators: @jflucas3, @Orion8500 & @RajeevN31656136 asdin.org/mpage/20thannu…

Don't forget to register for the #POCUS precourse! - Live lectures - Hands-on scanning under expert-guidance - Opportunity to interact with faculty with extensive experience in #POCUS program building/curriculum development #Nephpearls #Nephrology

Fergus Daly presenting his research on mood changes with high dose steroids in glomerular disease. Higher mania scores at 2 weeks, higher depression scores at 12 weeks #KidneyWk

Cardiorenal frameworks an Irish Perspective As Prof Liam Plant says: aspirations are international. Solutions and frameworks are national. How do we provide cardiorenal solutions in our centres? @PlantLiam #KidneyWk

Interesting series on biopsy findings in scleroderma @tmgosullivan @sarah_m_moran @_JamesGleeson @AdeelRafiAhmed

🚀Na over-correction (Na📈) as THE (only) cause of ODS/CPM: An absurd over-simplification. Since 1980s, Na📈 has been portrayed as the main cause of CPM (so far as now the terms ODS and CPM are used synonymously). However, finding the truth (if it exists) is more complicated. 🧵.. 1/

Never in the history of medicine has so much been done, by so many, so incompetently, with so little consequence as in the treatment of severe hyponatremia. #Tweetorial 1/10

Aside from 3 months every job I’ve worked outside of Dublin has been less than 2/3rds staffed at my grade (mostly <50%). This is my email inbox. A disaster for patient safety and staff retention.