UCL researcher and RFL nephrologist. Interested in CKD in the UK and abroad, alongside politics, bicycles and saxophones. Views my own and no medical advice.
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First steps in efforts to characterise the burden of CKDu across different regions. Fantastic work led by Charlotte in collaboration with so many brilliant investigators from around the world.
If we understand where it is, maybe we can understand what it is.
International prevalence patterns of low eGFR in adults aged 18-60 without traditional risk factors from a population-based cross-sectional disadvantaged populations #eGFR epidemiology (DEGREE) study
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#CKDu #CKDnt #chronickidneydisease
New work supporting a clinically important role of heat in exacerbating eGFR loss in CKD of all causes.
How best to protect vulnerable kidney patients in a warming world?
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Registration is now open for the UCL Infectious & Global Nephrology Course 22 – 24 March. The course is online this year. Fees include access to the recorded talks. More info/online booking:
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Real privilege to be part of this with such a great range of studies presented from across the globe. Diverse approaches but important insights from all of them. Lots to learn and huge potential for collaboration. Let’s solve #CKDu
A very fruitful meeting currently taking place with the ISN i3C Symposium on Studies focused on #CKDu: Works in Progress. Thank you all for your attendance.
Learn more about the ISN CKDu Network: theisn.org/initiatives/what-… #ThisIsISN
Great to work with such a fabulous group of front line clinicians from across our city.
Important also to reflect on the amazing contributions of nursing colleagues, AHPs, and volunteers from across our community without whom the dialysis machines wouldn’t have kept running.
Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment face unique challenges during the pandemic. This study found that COVID-19 rates of in center-hemodialysis populations relate to individual factors, underlying community transmission, unit size and layout bit.ly/CJN03180321
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Our final blue plaque of the year celebrates the Physicist and Champion of Science, Abdus Salam! 🔵 Salam's work on electroweak theory contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle – the 'God particle' which gives everything mass.
Great to see this out. Impossible without the truly multidisciplinary team, Athina Dritsoula, Maria Kislikova, Amin Oomatia, @awebster90, @toates_19, @StephanBeck6 et al. and of course funding from the brilliant @Kidney_Research
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We need to stop lumping „diabetes and kidney disease“ in NCD burden reports and studies. Unhelpful. Kidney disease is much more than diabetes, esp. in LMICs. @LancetGH @GlobalHealthBMJ @un_ncd @ncdalliance @ISNkidneycare @ASNKidney @DrAxelrod_WHO @IHME_UW
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ISN Launches the ISN Observatory of CKDu. As part of its Collaboration Plan with the @WHO, the ISN i3C group has organized a platform to collect and store basic information on current human studies in #CKDu.
Access the ISN Observatory of CKDu here theisn.org/research/830#obse…
Really nice data on a potential new testing option for kidney disease in resource-poor settings from Rhys and colleagues
Diagnostic performance of a point-of-care saliva urea nitrogen dipstick to screen for kidney disease in low-resource settings where serum creatinine is unavailable gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e0023…
Thanks Kate. The NDT digest series is a really smart educational initiative.
📰⚡️@NDTsocial #digest on CKD u by @viyaasanm @bencaplin2 - did you see this? 👆🏻Succinct summary of an epidemic...☕️break CPD so get reading! @ERAEDTA @denisfouque1 @ynptweets @Jamietraynor01 @geddescc @mcq_emily @PeterThomson78
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Environmental exposures in young adults with declining kidney function in a population at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy oem.bmj.com/content/early/20… @smpokou @MarvinGonzlez16
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Our last paper entitled "Environmental exposures in young adults with declining kidney function in a population at risk of #MeN" was accepted for publication @OEM_BMJ. Congratulations to @smpokou @bencaplin2 @neilpearce53x
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Pleased to spread the word of @cronicasperu with our @UCLGlobalHealth friends and colleagues. Thanks to @ProfHurst @fottrell @ProfIAbubakar for this collaboration, and to various other for joining in yesterday @rob_aldridge @bencaplin2 @miriamorcutt @amibanerjee1 @GeordanShannon.
It’s always great to see @cronicasperu folks. This time in London sharing the challenges and opportunities in #multimorbidity research in LMIC
Privileged to be working with the fantastic Ministry of Health/WHO team. Let’s solve #CKDu.
Check our new paper on chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka
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Really thoughtful article from David and Valerie. Distilling evidence from diverse disciplines.
#CKDu vulnerable populations in many global hotspots. Needs prevention, research, access to dx and care. @ISNkidneycare @bencaplin2 @beatNCDs @Shuchi_Anand Genetic and Developmental Factors in Chronic Kidney Disease Hotspots sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Lisa Nandy has just given a brilliant speech about her constituents on dialysis and other serious conditions who face uncertainty under a no deal
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My medical students at #UNANLeon & master students from #BU conducted a cohort study in brick workers. The prevalence of #CKDu was 12% in this population, suggesting that this epidemic isn't limited to sugarcane workers. I'm proud of my MS/MS. @MlsScammell ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(…