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RE: is it SIADH 7 minutes ago
as promised see post very interesting IMO ------------------------------ Roger Rodby MD, FASN Professor of Medicine Rush Unive...
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RE: is it SIADH 10 minutes ago
NSAID means non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, like NSAIA non steroidal anti inflammatory agents I think the more preferred term is now SI...
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RE: Light chain proximal tubulopathy 18 minutes ago
wow love this case don't see enough tubular (potential) MGRS nothing on EM? ------------------------------ Roger Rodby MD, FASN Professor ...
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RE: Immunotherapy For De Novo IgA Nephropathy Post Transplant 18 minutes ago
@Jonathan Zuckerman As a non-pathologist, I see mesangial expansion and cellular proliferation plus primarily mesangial deposition of IgA. The PA...
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Light chain proximal tubulopathy 44 minutes ago
62 yo WF with MGUS, stage 3a CKD and proteinuria. Repeat kidney biopsy shows acute tubular injury. Proximal tubules with cytoplasmic protein reabso...
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RE: therapeutic Lovenox dose in an ESRD setting 47 minutes ago
Due to delayed clearance and variable pharmacokinetics, LMWH is not desired in ESKD as it requires careful monitoring and reduced dosing , unfracti...
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RE: Immunotherapy For De Novo IgA Nephropathy Post Transplant 52 minutes ago
Opinions from Transplant nephrologists /pathologists needed (Drs Rubin, Lerman, Venkat, Zuckerman ) but this looks like chronic transplant Glomerul...
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RE: is it SIADH 59 minutes ago
I guess this might better be called a Nephrogenic Syndrome of anti-diuresis (NSAID) , not SIADH. In this case circulating ADH and Copeptin would be...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 hour ago
Sertraline has been associated with drug induced hyponatremia/SIADH. so that is a possibility. Surprisingly in isolated inner medullary collectin...
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RE: Immunotherapy For De Novo IgA Nephropathy Post Transplant 1 hour ago
Biopsy report from @David Bourne (Arkana). DSA negative. See table below for Banff classification of the biopsy findings: ACUTE Interstit...
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therapeutic Lovenox dose in an ESRD setting 2 hours ago
I know I am trying to go thru the eye of the needle. For a patient w. ESRD who can't have warfarin but must have the alternative (Lovenox) for anti...
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RE: Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 2 hours ago
I think this sounds consistent with genetic FSGS due to a mild NPHS2 variant. I'm not sure why the genetic report states that there shouldn't be a ...
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RE: Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 3 hours ago
Mark, very interesting reply and info, We just the Natera genetic test bc it is SO SO So easy to obtain and I cannot remember the last time a pat...
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RE: Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 4 hours ago
not a genetics expert but FYI my AI consultant says regarding this case-"An occult COL4 abnormality has not been excluded by a negative panel. This...
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RE: Full House/Non Lupus nephropathy 5 hours ago
The other question here is what to do with your younger patient you just inherited. What is her clinical status and what is she receiving? --...
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 5 hours ago
I have no experience with this but this is what I find: "Membranous glomerulonephritis (mGN) linked to hepatitis B virus (HBV-MN) can so...
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2026 ASN FIT Bowl 6 hours ago
ASN FIT BOWL Hey, we are 3 fellows of Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia, we are looking for another fellow to participate with us and complete the te...
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 8 hours ago
Would you prefer conservative therapy in this case, or go with immunosuppression, go for modified ponticelli? In that regimen, high dose steroids m...
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RE: Full House/Non Lupus nephropathy 12 hours ago
Most large studies have demonstrated great difficulty is separation C3G and "so called " Primary IC-MPGN into discrete "entities". I agree with San...
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 13 hours ago
The issue is one of safety of RTX, in the face of continued HBsAg positivity in a patient with HBV infection under therapy with Entacavir. . Do you...
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 13 hours ago
With the PLA2R titer and proteinuria more than 8g still, probably falls under the high risk category and would warrant immunosuppression with RTX. ...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 17 hours ago
Dear all!! Thank you all very much for these thoughtful and extremely helpful suggestions. I truly appreciate the time and expertise you have ...
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RE: Rituximab, Membranous Nephropathy, and Isolation in a Prison Setting 18 hours ago
No need for isolation of a patient with MN under therapy with RTX, unless HBV-DNA positive and thus possibly a vector of HBV infection, --------...
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 19 hours ago
Active hep b is linked to MN --------------------------------- Muhammad Soobadar MBChB UK ---------------------------------
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RE: treatment of PLA2R positive Membranous in Hepatitis B carrier 19 hours ago
Active hep is linked to mn then maybe treat hep B first and see and if no improvement maybe kidney biopsy before rituxan ( just a humble opinion ) ...
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Rituximab, Membranous Nephropathy, and Isolation in a Prison Setting 19 hours ago
For a prisoner with membranous nephropathy who is being treated with rituximab, is isolation required solely because the patient received rituximab...
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RE: Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 21 hours ago
I think this is genetic FSGS in both siblings. The absence of hypoalbuminemia makes Primary FSGS very unlikely. About 10-15% of patients with genet...
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RE: Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 21 hours ago
I agree this is secondary FSGS based on pathology and on no edema Would have predicted a COL4 a3-5 but that is not supported by the genetic studi...
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Proteinuria and hematuria in 2 siblings 22 hours ago
A 45-year-old male (Italian descent) was initially evaluated for proteinuria 10 years ago (at age 35) he also had microscopic hematuria. The protei...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 22 hours ago
From what I remember it's needed to make the diagnosis, but I've seen a very few patients with this condition. I don't know if screening for subcli...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 22 hours ago
Interesting idea. Without any overt polyneuropathy can a diagnosis of POEMS syndrome really be entertained? Just curious. -----------------------...
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RE: is it SIADH 23 hours ago
Dr. Rodby said uric acid levels useful as tiebraker, as I previosly said serum uric acid < 4 and or high FE- Urate favors SIADH. ---------------...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 23 hours ago
The presence of MPGN/TMA, an IgA monoclonal protein, pleural effusion and thrombocytosis make kidney involvement secondary to POEMS syndrome an imp...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 23 hours ago
Mesangial expansion, lobular accentuation -sounds like MPGN pattern of injury . What did the silver-methenamine stain show.- how many double contou...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
And prof lerman --------------------------------- Muhammad Soobadar MBChB UK ---------------------------------
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RE: Full House/Non Lupus nephropathy 1 day ago
Are you dealing with Full house Lupus ( seronegative as in your cases) ,or , Full house non lupus nephropathy ( C1q, MPGN, membranous, IgA , po...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
Thanks really helpful for some concepts that I struggle prof mellas / rodby / dr dastoor I will watch video Patient told me today he felt the l...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
Not to confuse either , using a primary assessment of volume status in " Euvolemic " hyponatremia , is tricky . A distinction between " euvolemic...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
not trying to confuse things Pt is euvolaemic however anti-diuretic hormone is inappropriately secreted. Euvolemia vs mild hypovolemia and be v...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 1 day ago
@Patricia D' Almeida Bianco: Was there any glomerular capillary wall duplication? Did this patient show thrombocytosis at anytime in the setting of...
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RE: Full House/Non Lupus nephropathy 1 day ago
Thank you Dr Rodby and Glassock Thank you for the articles, have read them. ------------------------------ Sandeep Magoon MD Nephrology Associ...
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RE: C3 or MGRS 1 day ago
The IgM paraprotein suggests a lymphocytic rather than a plasma cell clone. ------------------------------ Richard Glassock MD, FASN Emeritus Pro...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
@Muhammad Soobadar If you have 90 minutes free time , I suggest you review this lecture , which should answer all ( majority) your questions on hy...
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RE: C3 or MGRS 1 day ago
Dr. Glassock, can you elaborate on why you would consider anti CD20 therapy over antiCD38 for a diagnosis of PGNMID. --------------------------...
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RE: MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 1 day ago
The absence of EM in this case is a significant deficiency that might be remedied by out-sourcing the kidney biopsy material. This is also a classi...
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RE: Refractory membranous Nephropathy 1 day ago
OBI does not treat immunologically inactive disease with GBM remodeling. No surprise. This is not immunologically refractory MN. Just an opinion. ...
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RE: Refractory membranous Nephropathy 1 day ago
We did try obi x 2 doses in April. No response at all. --------------------------------- Dr. Hormaz Dastoor. MD, MSc, FASN Divisional Head of Nep...
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MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein 1 day ago
MPGN pattern in a 43-year-old woman with a JAK2-positive hematologic disorder, portal hypertension, and a serum IgA-λ monoclonal protein I would a...
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RE: is it SIADH 1 day ago
Alcohol excess can cause hyponatremia through several mechanisms, the most characteristic is beer potomania (solute-limited water excretion) and va...
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RE: pr3 +ve is it endocarditis ? 1 day ago
Urine dipstick positive for blood and protein --------------------------------- Muhammad Soobadar MBChB UK ---------------------------------
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