Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast

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Freely Filtered 002 ASCEND Apr 23, 2019

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This week we discussed the ASCEND trial published in Annals of Internal Medicine, on the comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and Sertraline in patients on dialysis with depression.

The article is available here.

The NephJC summary can be read here, with links to the visual abstract.

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In the background section, we mentioned the data from a recent JASN study on cardiovascular safety of different antidepressants. The contrast with the CAST trial came up as well. PDF links to the BDI, QIDS-SR and QIDS-C scores.

KIDNEYCon 2020 will be in April. Follow @KIDNEYCon to stay updated, as well for the links to the recorded sessions from #KIDNEYCon 2019.

Host: Joel Topf

Discussants: Swapnil Hiremath, Jennie Lin and Matt Sparks. We missed Samira Farouk who was travelling.

NephJC Drive Time 001: An army of NSAIDs Mar 25, 2019

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This is the audio commentary of the NephJC Chats on March 19 and 20, 2019.
This week we discussed the study published in JAMA Network Open, on the kidney outcomes in NSAID users from the US military.

The article (open access) is available here.

The NephJC summary can be read here, with links to the visual abstract.

Links from the show:

In the background section, we mentioned the data from the Physicians Health Study (two reports) and the Nurses Health Study. There was also discussion about this high quality study from Switzerland in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The NephMadness pain region scouting report, from Sam Gelfand

The PRECISION trial published in NEJM, and the NephJC summary by Scherly Leon

High risk of GI bleeding in CKD patients

A study from Taiwan reporting high risk of stroke with NSAIDs even in anuric patients

Host: Joel Topf

Co-hosts: Samira Farouk, Swapnil Hiremath, Jennie Lin and Matt Sparks