@CRRTiff

Seattle Nephrologist| Transplant Neph alumn @UCSF | #NSMC 2020 | Nephrology alumn @KeckMedUSC | Internal Medicine alumn @UTHealth | Tweets/opinions are my own.

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Joined January 2020
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1/ If you were stranded on a boat in the middle of the sea, why would it be a bad idea to drink the seawater? 🌊 Hint: you are not @IguanaSneezing🐊 #NephMadness #AnimalHouse
2%Flesh eating bacteria
93%Too much salt
5%It tastes bad
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Shreshta Tripathi@ShreshtaT9 Apr 2024
💃 #NephMadness 👑 Happy with the crowning of @Gila_NephMad 🦎as the winner! To quote @NephroSeeker “From Venom to Metabolic magic” and now victory! ✍️ not to miss the amazing write-up by @CRRTiff 👏
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Evan Zeitler@LittleBigGloms8 Apr 2024
An eclipse on the same day #AnimalHouse wins #Nephmadness? The end is nigh! No #BlueRibbonFail here. @Gila_NephMad a deserving champion and representative of how basic science and translational research can change the lives of our patients! ajkdblog.org

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Yes!!!!!!! After many years of #Nephmadness Animal Houses teaching us about physiology, evolution, living at the extremes, and now important drug discoveries, the @Gila_NephMad finally made it to the top!!! So proud to be apart of this region! 🦎🐡🐭🦈🕊️🧸🐳❤️
AJKD@AJKDonline8 Apr 2024
#NephMadness 2024 Champion: Gila Monster Congratulations, @Gila_NephMad! buff.ly/3PTTUkz
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Why Gila Monster should win #NephMadness 2024: From Poison to Remedy - The Emerging Role of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease from @UofUNephrology ajkdblog.org/2024/04/05/neph… via @AJKDonline

#NephMadness 2024: From Poison to Remedy – The Emerging Role of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor...

Stephen Sammons Steve Sammons is a nephrology fellow at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. His academic interests include glomerulonephritis, evidence-based medicine, and medical educa…

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After much deliberation, I finally submitted my #nephmadness bracket! Call me biased but #animalhouse is always the clear winner 🏆 The story 🕊🐀 within the story 🐊 is what seems like a fishing expedition grants us perspective, wisdom and if we're lucky the power of application
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Rowan Zyada@RowanZyada25 Mar 2024
1/n 🚨Welcome to #NephMadness tweetorial on Gila Monster 🦎 How can @Gila_NephMad, who lives in the deserts help with the obesity epidemic? According to @WHO, globally 1/8 persons is obese 👇 who.int/news-room/fact-sheet…
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If you still wonder why I should win #NephMadness, today it was announced that the FLOW study is positive: 1 mg of semaglutide ⬇️kidney outcomes by 24% in pts with CKD 👇Why it's important? Mortality in CKD is higher than in many cancers #GoWithTheFlow #AnimalHouse #NephMAdness
Tiffany Caza@Tiff_Caza3 Mar 2024
The 5 year survival rates of end-stage kidney disease is worse than for many cancers. @GlomCon @SumitMohanMD
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AJKD@AJKDonline5 Mar 2024
Commentary by @DrKeeksPhD on the Animal House Region: #NephMadness 2024: They May Look Cute, But Are All Animals Sweet? buff.ly/3wK3L5W
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1/2 Celebrate #NationalKidneyMonth by completing your #NephMadness individual or team brackets by 3/31/24! buff.ly/3P2oOXy Special thanks to the region coaches- @DrKeeksPhD @CRRTiff @hladunewich @GildaPortalatin @cgranth510 @weddellite @DrDianeC @JEGAYTAN9 @ChristCrain
AJKD@AJKDonline1 Mar 2024
Welcome to #NephMadness 2024 buff.ly/3P2oOXy This year's regions include: -Animal House -Preeclampsia -Toxicology -Hyponatremia Correction -Things We Do for No Reason -Metabolic Acidosis -Dual Organ Transplant -Peritoneal Dialysis
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Tony Breu@tony_breu23 Aug 2022
1/4 - The Mystery A patient has blood drawn with the following hemoglobin (Hgb): ☞ 8.0 g/dL One hour later the Hgb is repeated and has RISEN to: ☞ 9.0 g/dL They did NOT receive blood/medications between these draws. 🤔What might cause this change?
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Jason Han@JasonHanMD13 May 2022
5 years of cardiac surgery residency down -- here are 5 lessons I wish I could have told my younger self prior to starting After witnessing and experiencing many of life’s extremes in this process, both good and the bad: == Thread 🧵==
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Should you give albumin with loop diuretics to augment diuresis? I've been asked this three different times today so a quick🧵of my thoughts #nephtwitter #MedTwitter @MedTweetorials
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I must say this (though late): Homage due! @NephMadness REALLY delivered 2022. Thanks so much to the @AJKDonline + Big shout out to @Nephro_Sparks! ❤️ to an all time favorite #AnimalHouse for inspiring much thanks to @CRRTiff & @DrKeeksPhD #nephrocentric #poetry 1/ Cetaceans
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Tony Breu@tony_breu16 Apr 2022
1/16 Why do corticosteroids increase the BUN/Cr ratio? I see this often after starting patients on prednisone. But why? And, does it also happen with excess endogenous steroids (e.g., Cushing's)? 🎟Let's have a look.
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Arnold D.@kidneyrebel31 Mar 2022
Where are the #Nephmadness animal house tattoo's this year? Such awesome contenders, as profiled by @CRRTiff, deserve some ink. ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/neph…

#NephMadness 2022: Animal House 3

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2022 | #NephMadness | #AnimalHouse Selection Committee Member: Kelly Hyndman @DrKeeksPhD Kelly Hyndman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardi…

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Tony Breu@tony_breu24 Mar 2022
1/16 Why are most cold agglutinins IgM? And why would any antibody adhere better at temperatures far below our own? Part of the answer is an echo of our evolutionary past. #tweetorial #medtwitter
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TeamBear@TeamBear2217 Mar 2022
Elucidating the how of #hibernation 👉 wide-ranging applications - manage CKD, prevent muscle wasting & osteoporosis, address ischemia resistance, hypothermic organ preservation, even increase the duration of space travel @CRRTiff @DrKeeksPhD #NephMadness ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/neph…

#NephMadness 2022: Animal House 3

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2022 | #NephMadness | #AnimalHouse Selection Committee Member: Kelly Hyndman @DrKeeksPhD Kelly Hyndman is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardi…

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TeamBear@TeamBear2210 Mar 2022
How does #TeamBear up-regulate ammonia detoxification in hibernation? Increased mitochondrial *Sirtuin* activity 👉 Increased Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 activity! SIRT5 regulates the #UreaCycle via deacetylation of CPS1 (rate-limiting step) PMID 23254895 #NephMadness
https://ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/nephmadness-2022-animal-house-3/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23254895/

ALT https://ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/nephmadness-2022-animal-house-3/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23254895/

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astronauts 🤝 lungfish estivation renalfellow.org/2021/09/26/b… #NephMadness @nephromythri @CRRTiff

Body Fluid Regulation from Microgravity to Gravity - Is Aestivation the Key Player?

Mythri Shankar, MD, DNBAssistant Professor of NephrologyInstitute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, India@nephromythri Yuri Gagarin was the first human to leave e

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Team Lungfish@TeamLungfish3 Mar 2022
Here I am, triumphantly returning to the water after years of #estivation @natgeowild nationalgeographic.org/media… #NephMadness #AnimalHouse
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1/ Let's be honest... 💥💥“THE TISSUE IS THE ISSUE” 💥💥 #Nephropath #NephMadness This region features: 🔎PLA2R 🆚Other Membranous Antigens 🔎DNAJB9 🆚IgG4 Disease READY???👇👇 ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/neph…
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