Nephrology Perspective and Journal Articles

• COVID-19 Outbreak Among Attendees of an Exercise Facility Even with some mitigation protocols in place, this COVID-19 outbreak in an exercise facility demonstrates that transmission is extremely high with high-intensity indoor exercise.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 10, 2021
• Fasting Glucose Variation Predicts Microvascular Risk Is there an association between glycemic variations and the development or progression of microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes?
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 10, 2021
• New Cutoffs for AI Diagnosis After ACTH Stimulation In this study, the authors propose new, assay-specific serum cortisol cutoff values for the biochemical diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, May 10, 2021
• After Hundreds of Interviews, Here's John Whyte's View of COVID   Our problem with vaccines is that we talk about people instead of talking with people and listening to their perspectives.
  Medscape, May 05, 2021
• Flash CGM Is Associated With Reduced Diabetes Events in T2D The use of flash CGM results in improved glycemic control and reductions in diabetes-related events and hospitalizations, a new study reports.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, May 03, 2021
• Dietary Sodium, Potassium Intake and Lung Cancer Risk What role might dietary sodium and potassium intake have in the risk for developing lung cancer?
  Translational Lung Cancer Research, April 29, 2021
• Exercise and Mortality in Patients With Claudication Engaging in regular physical activity may help lower the risk of mortality among patients with claudication.
  Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, April 28, 2021
• Dapagliflozin, Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, and Mortality A report on the effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease suggests these drugs have potential beyond their original use in T2DM.
  European Heart Journal, April 28, 2021
• Radiological and Functional Lung Sequelae of COVID-19 A follow-up of COVID-19 patients provides insight into the radiological findings and lung function after recovery.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 28, 2021
• Effect of Intubation Timing on Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Current guidelines recommend early intubation of critically ill patients with COVID-19, but does the timing lead to better outcomes?
  Critical Care, April 28, 2021
• Detection of Patients at Risk of HF Responsive to MRAs How should we select patients at risk for heart failure who might best respond to mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists?
  European Heart Journal, April 26, 2021
• How HIPAA Can Harm Patients As Dr Andrew Wilner has experienced first-hand, HIPAA may not always be in the patient's best interest.
  Medscape Neurology, April 23, 2021
• On Cerebrotoxicity of Antihypertensive Therapy A controversial new study suggests that antihypertensive therapy is cerebrotoxic by means of increased white matter hyperintensity burden.
  European Heart Journal, April 23, 2021
• Cardiac Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Renal AVM Systemic AVM is a rare, but potentially reversible cause of high-output heart failure. This case emphasizes the importance of a detailed workup in a patient with heart failure symptoms.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, April 22, 2021
• Sex Differences in Acromegaly at Diagnosis A new study examines the gender differences that exist in acromegaly. What are the implications?
  Clinical Endocrinology, April 22, 2021
• ISN 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ISN 2021
  Medscape Nephrology, April 20, 2021
• Characteristics and Risk Factors of COVID-19 Patients Which individuals with COVID-19 are most at risk for hospitalization?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 20, 2021
• The Optimized Doctor: Say My Name Mispronouncing names can alienate patients.
  Medscape Dermatology, April 19, 2021
• Guideline of the Guidelines: Urolithiasis In what ways are the various current guidelines for the management of urolithiasis the same -- and how do they differ?
  Current Opinion in Urology, April 19, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccination Intent and Perceptions Early polls suggested that many persons were hesitant to receive COVID-19 vaccination. What was their reasoning, and have intent and perceptions changed over time?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 19, 2021