It’s Episode 14 of The Nephron Segment! Join us as we chat with Dr. Mehmet Sukru Sever and Dr. Rasha Rashan and discuss disaster nephrology and kidney care during crises. To summarize Dr. Sever tells us "disasters are inevitable. And All countries around the globe are at risk of disasters, either natural or man made." We discuss what we might learn from prior disasters, what do expect in the future, and what we should do, as a nephrology community, to prepare for the worst.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Mehmet Sukru Sever, Rasha Rashan

1:44: Marmara earthquake (1999)

2:35: Bingöl earthquake (2003)

2:44: Bam earthquake (2003)

2:57: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

4:07: Some of Dr. Sever's Papers

4:35: "Destructive Disasters, trauma, crush injury, and beyond"

9:42: Kidney News 2024 Special Section

13:10: "Disasters & Kidney Care: Pitfalls and Solutions" (Nature Reviews Nephrology 2023)

16:31: "An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis" (New York Times 2020)

19:23: "Nephrology Care in Challenging Circumstances: A Patient's Perspective" (Kidney News 2024)

19:59: Syrian refugee crisis

22:08: Refugees & asylees in the United States

25:49: National Kidney Foundation's "Emergency Resources"

26:35: Announcement: ASN, ISN, ERA Collective Effort (2023)

29:06: "Planet Sets Record for Hottest Day Twice in a Row" (2024)

29:12: A review of CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu)

29:49: UEFA Euro 2024

It’s Episode 13 of The Nephron Segment and it's time for NephMadness! Join us as we chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Roslyn Mannon & transplant hepatologist Dr. Elizabeth Aby and discuss all things dual-organ transplantation: liver-kidney, pancreas-kidney, kidney after liver, kidney after pancreas, or even kidney alone?! Listen to the end to hear everyone's picks for NephMadness 2024.

And to be clear, Dr. Mannon supported the Kansas City Chiefs before their Super Bowl 58 win.

Submit your NephMadness brackets here (just like March Madness!) by 3/31. Maximize your changes by submitting 2 brackets per email address.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Roslyn Mannon, Lizzie Aby

In Episode 12, Dr. William Cushman, co-investigator of the 2015 SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention) Trial, joins us for a discussion all about hypertension trials, their long history, and what's ahead for research in this space. Too young to remember SPRINT or looking for a "CliffsNotes" of HTN trials? This episode's for you!

Here's a Renal Fellow Network post from 2017 with a link to a cheat sheet of hypertension clinical trial.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: William Cushman, Medical Director & Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee

Links from the Show:

00:41: Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (2015)

02:17: VA Cooperative Study (1967)

05:13: ACCORD Study (2010)

06:30: SPRINT MIND (2019)

08:40: Framingham Heart Study (Started 1948)

11:27: Attended vs. unattended blood pressure – learnings beyond SPRINT (2021)

14:03: Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program Study (1989)

14:05: Hypertension Detection & Follow Up Program (1979)

15:32: JNC 8 Guidelines (2014)

16:01 AHA/ACC Guidelines (2017)

17:54: Syst-Eur (Treatment of HTN in Patients > 60 y, 1998)

17:54: HYVET (Treatment of HTN in Patients > 80 y, 2008)

18:01: Syst-China (2000)

22:18: AAFP HTN Guidelines (2022)

22:40: KDIGO HTN Guidelines (2021)

25:37: ALLHAT Study (2002)

32:22: Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes Trial (SPS3, 2013)