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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

Fantastic!

Rep. Jason Smith

@RepJasonSmith

6 months

Bell Maddux, a working mother, living with ESRD, testifies about how receiving home hemodialysis has changed her quality of life. By offering flexibility for patients in rural and underserved communities, we can empower ESRD patients with more control over their care.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

If it works, it will be a blockbuster in some parts of the USA. Pfizer's $130M Lyme disease vaccine advances to phase 3 after 3rd shot shown to increase antibodies

Pfizer's $130M Lyme disease vaccine advances to phase 3 after 3rd shot shown to increase antibodies

Pfizer is taking its Valneva-partnered Lyme disease vacci | Pfizer is taking its Valneva-partnered Lyme disease vaccine into phase 3. With midphase data supporting a three-dose series, the allies...

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 months

@Toby_Christie Even if this move is on the aggressive side, I’ve seen far worse at Martinsville.

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Eric Weinhandl

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2 years

@NBAonTNT Not exactly.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@3YearLetterman I'm a Minnesotan and a scientist. I should have spent more time in the weight room.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 month

@buitengebieden I presume that video was shot right before filming this famous video.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

One of the saddest figures that I have ever made. We all want less ESKD, but not like this.

COVID-19−Associated Decline in the Size of the End-Stage Kidney Disease Population in the United...

According to the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), the number of people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in the United States has increased every year between 1980 and 2018.1,2 Between...

www.kireports.org

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

This week, I joined @DaVita , in the role of Vice President of Epidemiology. I'll split my time between DaVita Clinical Research and home dialysis operations. My personal mission is unchanged: to grow and improve home dialysis (PD and HHD), day by day. I want to thank everyone

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

@EM_RESUS Broken hip, but pain 1/10; see you after planting.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

This man has been dialyzing for 40 years. "Nephrologist @RossNesbit was on hand as DCI congratulated Hodge for this 40-year milestone. The doctor told Hodge that he has been on dialysis for longer than Nesbit’s been alive."

Monumental milestone: Victor Hodge logs 40 years on dialysis

As he sat tethered to life-saving medical equipment on Friday morning, 63-year-old Victor Hodge felt grateful to be alive.

www.thedailytimes.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

@JeromeAdamsMD You have to admit: it's a pretty unusual title 😎

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

8 months

You have got to be kidding me. Woman with 108-year-old kidney marks 50 years since transplant

Woman with 108-year-old kidney marks 50 years since transplant

She received the kidney from her mum in the 1970s.

metro.co.uk

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

5 months

@IowaChill Well, are we making a distinction between a standalone Subway and a Subway inside a gas station?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

As of today, I am happy to report that I have passed through the eye of the COVID breakthrough storm. Most of you don't need me to tell you that this is one terrible illness.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 months

@ADAlthousePhD Surely somewhere there is a permutation test that has generated a p-value exactly equal to 0.05.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

28 days

He put the dialysis machine on a trailer! Incredible determination. ‘It’s deeply personal to me’ – Galway man cycles 240 km with dialysis machine in tow for Irish Kidney Association

‘It’s deeply personal to me’ – Galway man cycles 240 km with dialysis machine in tow for Irish...

Peter Conboy from Ballygar in Co. Galway, completed a five-day 240-kilometre cycle while pulling a dialysis machine in a trailer for the Irish Kidney Assoc...

www.independent.ie

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 months

I am sad for Mr Slayman and even a little frustrated by how difficult this disease is to crack. (This could have been an unrelated cardiac event, but multimorbidity is the theme in ESKD.) I toil over home dialysis more often than not, but it is pretty clear that 99 of 100 kidney

MassGeneral News

@MassGeneralNews

4 months

Mass General is deeply saddened at the sudden passing of Mr. Rick Slayman. We have no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant. Mr. Slayman will forever be seen as a beacon of hope to countless transplant patients worldwide and we are deeply grateful for his

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

Surprise! Let me share a few thoughts with those who are curious.

Satellite Healthcare

@satellitehealth

3 years

Satellite Healthcare is pleased to announce that Eric Weinhandl, a highly respected epidemiologist within the home dialysis arena, will be joining Satellite Healthcare as our Senior Director of Analytics and Home Therapies. Click here to learn more:

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

My role is to convince you to prescribe home dialysis.

Larry Svenson

@Larry_Svenson

3 years

"...some epidemiologists see their role in advancing public health as ending with publication...if all epidemiologists stop short of helping to affect policy, then the voice of science will be lost from making decisions that most affect the health of the public." - Brownson 2010

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@DGlaucomflecken @UHC This personality phenotype is employed by many of the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), too. I've never entirely understood why someone who devoted their time to medical school would eventually be attracted to this type of work.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 months

Take a trip to Mars, and you'll develop CKD. Cosmic kidney disease: an integrated pan-omic, physiological and morphological study into spaceflight-induced renal dysfunction

Cosmic kidney disease: an integrated pan-omic, physiological and morphological study into spacefl...

Nature Communications - Siew et al. using multi-omic, physiological & imaging approaches have demonstrated that spaceflight causes kidney remodelling, suggesting a contribution to kidney...

www.nature.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

I am 40 today. Time flies. Primarily, I feel thankful for all the great things in my life. A short history:

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@JMTeakell @brian_rifkin @rheault_m @hswapnil @JASN_News @Caulimovirus Here is a quarterhorse on HD. This is a more recent development, compared to PD.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

This makes more sense. Companies are using organized retail theft to cover up internal flaws: Experts

Retailers say organized theft is biting into profits, but internal issues may really be to blame

Target and Foot Locker may be using organized retail theft as a convenient excuse to cloak internal flaws, as others focus on internal theft and self checkout.

www.cnbc.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

So, I'll tell you an interesting story about this, as I'd like to think that there are a few valuable lessons.

Swapnil Hiremath @[email protected]

@hswapnil

4 years

Let's name this senior epidemiologist, can we? Take a bow, @eric_weinhandl Given the garden of forking paths possible in epidemiological research, would different choices for exposure, outcomes given different results?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@JakeSherman I'm disturbed by this.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

Child 2 fully vaccinated at age 12 years, 2 days. 😎

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

@midwestern_ope It was the first thing that I said to myself this morning, when I went outside. For the record, it was only 20 degrees.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

Many have read the article. I'd like to add a few acknowledgments and side points...

ProPublica

@propublica

3 years

The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

9 months

@SickosCommittee I always wince when a Minnesota high school uses that song.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

This promotional video about home hemodialysis was created in 2018, but I found it today. My goodness, this is just incredible. #dialysis

Dialysis Night Fever - Stayin' alive

R. SMITH (1), P. Lawton (2)(1) Top End Health Services, Renal Services, Nightcliff, Australia(2) Menzies School of Health Research, Wellbeing & PReventable C...

www.youtube.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 months

I want to quibble about the language here. Dialysis generates waste. I’m definitely not down with pinning culpability for medical waste on people who wish to survive.

Int Society of Nephrology

@ISNkidneycare

3 months

HD patients generate a colossal 1,500,000 tonnes of waste annually—enough to construct three One World Trade Centers. PD patients add another 300,000 tonnes, sufficient to build one Azteca Stadium, a future host of the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup #GreenNephrology ♻️ #WorldEnvironmentDay

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@3YearLetterman @ewarren @LizGillies It's obvious that Bastille Day occurred after Washington crossed the Delaware. Why do people not get it, Coach?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@HailStateFB @ReliaQuestBowl It's a Southwest flight! How did the team find that?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

I am happy to announce that my next adventure will take me home. On Monday, I am joining the Chronic Disease Research Group @CDRGNews , a division of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute @hhrinstitute , in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@NWSTwinCities I want it sooner than later.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

10 months

@mlbtraderumors Cash considerations on the way.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Nice interview with @shuvoroy about that implantable kidney.

Device Development: A Hybrid Implantable Kidney - MedTech Intelligence

Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering at UCSF and Technical Director of The Kidney Project, and his research partners have developed an artificial kidney constructed of semiconductor silicon...

medtechintelligence.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

5 months

@DGlaucomflecken You should inquire about whether any Lutheran sushi is available.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

9 months

I, too, think about the #nephrology match, not that I can do much about it. Crazy question: What changed in 2011, that might have precipitated a trend that would fully manifest a few years later? Crazy answer: ESRD PPS.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 months

"Show me a horse that is a nephrologist."

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

According to Medscape's "Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2023," #nephrology is at the low end of physician burnout.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

11 months

I have a hot take about this: These annual meetings for medical organizations are hugely important sources of revenue for their societies. If there is little or no demand for a specific keynote speaker (let alone hostility toward that speaker), then the business model of the

ACCP

@ACCP

11 months

The ACCP Board of Regents has provided an update regarding the choice for the 2023 ACCP Annual Meeting Keynote Address. Please read the update here:

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

This is some super cool history. @GlassockJ @NephRodby

History of creatinine clearance: tribute to a forerunner

ABSTRACT. It is known to few that the path to the discovery of the long-denied plasma creatinine and its clearance was long and difficult. For quite a long

academic.oup.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

Shrunken Pore Syndrome: A New and More Powerful Phenotype of Renal Dysfunction Than Chronic Kidney Disease for Predicting Contrast‐Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Shrunken Pore Syndrome: A New and More Powerful Phenotype of Renal Dysfunction Than Chronic Kidney...

www.ahajournals.org

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

This is incredible content. I could have told "the Americans" this 8 months ago. @ChristosArgyrop @mikejohansenmd COVID vaccines are not meant to prevent all infections, experts say. Americans need to reset their expectations.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

It’d be interesting to put a dialysis unit in a mall, and add a primary care clinic next to it. Opinion | Can Dying Shopping Malls Fix Medical Deserts?

Opinion | Can Dying Shopping Malls Fix Medical Deserts?

Repurposing malls can increase care access for marginalized communities

www.medpagetoday.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

Long line for badge pickup at #KidneyWk . It's just like a Disney park!

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@MLB @HankookTireUSA The Royals consistently surprise me to the downside.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Full shelf. Pandemic is over.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

This covers a lot of ground. Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation in Adults: Myths and Promises

Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation in Adults: Myths and Promises

Abstract. Background: In daily practice, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is estimated with equations including renal biomarkers. Among these biomarkers, serum creatinine remains the most used....

karger.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 months

What a great story, @NephroRock Brotherly Love -- UAMS' Chief Nephrologist Receives Kidney from Younger Sibling - UAMS News via @uamshealth

Brotherly Love -- UAMS' Chief Nephrologist Receives Kidney from Younger Sibling - UAMS News

John Arthur, chief kidney doctor at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS), understands the benefits of a living kidney donation more than most people would expect. As the director of the...

news.uams.edu

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

Oh, a Minnesotan kidney chain. Must share.

A chain of 5 kidney donors and recipients are together for the first time

Nowadays, you don't need to be an exact match with a loved one to save them through organ donation.

www.kare11.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

We will be debating this trial for a long time. #NephJC Effect of Hemodiafiltration or Hemodialysis on Mortality in Kidney Failure | NEJM

Effect of Hemodiafiltration or Hemodialysis on Mortality in Kidney Failure | NEJM

Several studies have suggested that patients with kidney failure may benefit from high-dose hemodiafiltration as compared with standard hemodialysis. However, given the limitations of the various p...

www.nejm.org

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

My goodness, someone actually had a chance to tell the House Ways and Means Committee that hemodialysis frequency improves their life. THIS IS THE GREATEST WORLD KIDNEY DAY EVER. “In terms of the impact to my quality of life, from a physical perspective, the frequency of your

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

10 months

There is no USRDS account on X, so I will have to be the person to announce that the new #USRDS #ADR is online, just in time for #KidneyWk . #NephTwitter

Annual Data Report | USRDS

Unites States Renal Data System Annual Data Report

usrds-adr.niddk.nih.gov

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 months

I suppose this puts the porcine transplant failure in perspective. May she rest in peace. Woman who received pig kidney transplant and heart pump dies | CNN

Woman who received pig kidney transplant and heart pump dies | CNN

Lisa Pisano, the first person to receive a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney, died Sunday, according to NYU Langone Health, where she had the surgery.

www.cnn.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

In case you don't have time to look at the #USRDS Annual Data Report, I wrote a synopsis for you. Latest US Renal Data System report examines Medicare Advantage, post-COVID-19 care

Latest US Renal Data System report examines Medicare Advantage, post-COVID-19 care

The latest edition of the United States Renal Data System Annual Data Report offers a look at outcomes from the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as outcomes in the Medicare Advantage and...

www.healio.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

5 years

60% of incident ESKD patients at home and 20% with a pre-emptive transplant? You tell me.

ASN Advocacy

@ASNAdvocacy

5 years

“Our goal is by 2025, 80% of new starts will be either #transplant or home therapies. A #dialysis center might be an obsolete modality.” - @AdamCMMi , providing truly innovative remarks at the #KidneyHealthInitiative . @ASNKidney

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

My #KidneyWk time is over. Yelp rating: 10/10.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

I have arrived in Kansas City for the @AnnualDialysis meeting. First in-person gathering since 2019!! Today: the Home Dialysis Symposium! #dialysis

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

Case *self-report* of combination booster dose and breakthrough infection. 🧵 alert. Well, I don't know if any of this means anything, but it's an interesting story still in progress...

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

From the @ASNKidney Task Force on the Future of Nephrology 😍😍😍😍😍

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

@ashishkjha @bhrenton I don't think that ease of access is great, and I'm saying that as a parent of two kids in that 27% in MN. I drove 60 miles for dose 1 and will drive 30 miles for dose 2.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

Neat study. Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Standard versus a Modified Low Phosphorus Diet inHemodialysis Patients

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Standard Versus a Modified Low-Phosphorus Diet in Hemodial...

The standard low-phosphorus diet restricts pulses, nuts, and whole grains and other high phosphorus foods to control hyperphosphatemia. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the...

www.kireports.org

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

@midwestern_ope Just don't try to kick it. That hurts.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@GlassockJ @annmohare @nytimes The NYT report is both sad and unsurprising. The hunger for margin is a metastatic infection that has spread throughout all of healthcare, precisely because healthcare is regarded as an industry, not a humanitarian mission, by so many in positions of power. We have lost our way.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

I'm going with 45.8. Time to flozinate.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Nice profile of the @queenofdialysis ! Living with kidney disease: 'I skydive, run marathons and ride despite 25 years on dialysis'

Living with kidney disease: 'I skydive, run marathons and ride despite 25 years on dialysis'

Maddy Warren was a fit and healthy teenager when she noticed something was wrong. The 39-year-old has not let the kidney disease she was diagnosed with stop her and tells Paul Gallagher why she is...

inews.co.uk

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@dennyhamlin I received a clock like the Martinsville clock as a wedding gift from a grandparent. That clock has stared at me for almost 18 years. What am I supposed to do with it? So I agree with you about the clock.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Back to the chill of April baseball in Minnesota. I brought my winter coat.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Hemodiafiltration is interesting, but this is what I call research. Content Analysis of Emoji and Emoticon Use in Clinical Texting Systems

Content Analysis of Emoji and Emoticon Use in Clinical Texting Systems

This qualitative study investigates the functions that emoji and emoticons serve in clinical text messages.

jamanetwork.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Is this how I sound?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

In case you missed my #KidneyWk presentation about home dialysis trends, I offer a 🧵.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

I received my first vaccination at @HennepinHC ! I am so thankful.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

Bad time to tweet a study, let alone a non-randomized study, but this one is good. The association of dapaglfilozin use with new-onset CKD is impressive.

Long-term benefits of dapagliflozin on renal outcomes of type 2 diabetes under routine care: a...

Initiating dapagliflozin improved kidney function outcomes and albuminuria in patients with T2D and a low renal risk.

www.thelancet.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

Another great title in @PDI_Journal . Having both cat + dog associated w/ 🔼 risk of peritonitis. A different PET test: The relationship between pet ownership and peritonitis risk in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS)

A different PET test: The relationship between pet ownership and peritonitis risk in the Peritoneal...

Pet ownership is common around the world, with pet ownership increasing in many countries. Current guidelines are not supportive of pet ownership for peritoneal...

journals.sagepub.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

"Sodium polystyrene sulfonate use in patients on hemodialysis was not associated with a higher risk of an adverse GI event. Our findings suggest that SPS use is safe in an international cohort of maintenance hemodialysis patients."

Adverse Gastrointestinal Events With Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use in Patients on Maintenance...

Background: There are concerns regarding the gastrointestinal (GI) safety of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS), a medication commonly used in the management of...

journals.sagepub.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

In the new @USRDS Annual Data Report is a chapter about the impact of #COVID19 on the ESKD patient population. A thread follows...

Annual Data Report | USRDS

Unites States Renal Data System Annual Data Report

usrds-adr.niddk.nih.gov

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@RyanBurnsMN Maybe the best catch since Autman-Bell vs Fresno State.

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@eric_weinhandl

1 month

@BNightengale Not eliminated yet

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

Pretty exciting to see all the happiness about nephrology matches! I love this field and I hope that all these future nephrologists find as much joy as I have found.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

It finally happened. "Fresenius Medical Care (FME) receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the company's 5008X Hemodialysis System."

Fresenius Medical Care Brings Industry-Leading Dialysis Therapy to Kidney Disease Patients in the...

Fresenius Medical Care (FME) receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the company's 5008X Hemodialysis System. This will enable...

www.prnewswire.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@healthcareandy All those CKD patients in MA plans generate a lot of spending. People immediately think of dialysis spending, but the real magic is in preventing the transition from CKD stage 3 to CKD stage 4.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

Fred was the one who started it all, and by "all," I mean outpatient dialysis in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Hennepin Kidney

@HennepinKidney

1 year

Dr. Fred Shapiro (left) overseeing the dialysis treatment of a patient at Minneapolis General Hospital, using a parallel plate dialyzer. #HistoryOfDialysis

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

7 months

“Two or three people have said they’re just going to call it a day, stop dialysis, and go home to be with the Lord in a couple of days." Tillamook dialysis closure has patients fearing the worst

Tillamook dialysis closure has patients fearing the worst

Sudden closure of rural Oregon facility by Texas firm leaves patients lacking options for crucial life-saving care.

www.opb.org

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

All my children on a weekend in Kansas City. Look closely and you'll see that child 4 is wearing a vintage @NxStage jacket.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

8 months

I present to you: "Home dialysis in the winter," courtesy of an AI generator

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 months

Let's clear some urea! (Actually, let's save dialysate and focus on some other things.) Impact of Dialysate Flow Rate on Hemodialysis Adequacy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The impact of dialysate flow rate on haemodialysis adequacy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACTBackground. Patients with kidney failure treated with maintenance haemodialysis (HD) require appropriate small molecule clearance. Historically, a

academic.oup.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

3 years

@JHowardBrainMD An airbag saved me from a concussion when I was younger, but even so, it burned my forearm.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

10 months

@DougJBalloon A Minnesota Meltdown

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

@3YearLetterman I don't think anything was discovered before the United States invented independence.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

@KwikTrip Is @KwikTrip catering the reception?

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

I'm going to whine about something. Despite my terminal degree, I don't care if you fall me Eric or Dr Weinhandl. I prefer my first name. What does bug me is the attribution of "epidemiologist" to an MD who does not have an MPH, MS, or relevant PhD. Let the ratio begin.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

1 year

There are a few nephrologists around the country who will always answer an email, offer career perspective, etc. to an epi such as I, despite never having been coworkers in an institution. Over the years, Dan has done that for me. I endorse his election.

Dan Weiner

@DanTheKidneyMan

1 year

Dear friends: As you may have seen, I am running for ASN Council. I am a passionate advocate for patient-centered kidney care and research and will continue this advocacy if I am on council. Please DM me with any questions and thanks for your support. Sincerely, Dan

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 months

Please clap for me: I finally obtained a TSA PreCheck number.

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

8 months

Very resourceful! Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut

Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut

Kristy Holmes always knew she could use her electric car for ‘good things’, but when storms caused a blackout, it proved life-saving

www.theguardian.com

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

4 years

There is an interesting story hiding in the intersection of: 1. IDEAL 2. FHN Nocturnal 3. STARRT-AKI #nephrology #dialysis

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

6 months

I woke up early due to overwhelming excitement. It’s World Kidney Day!

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

#KidneyWk A little thing that I created with @USRDS .

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Eric Weinhandl

@eric_weinhandl

2 years

What if we ran an experiment (RCT) in which the intervention was "turning off" all Kt/V monitoring? This thought occurs to me primarily in the context of PD, but one could broaden the population. #dialysis

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