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Re: The one where Farhad Manjoo may not know what he is talking about when he talks about $AAPL

nephron — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:39:09 -0000

Farhad works for slate and me thinks they have more strict stick ownership rules.

Re: Screenshot of Medical Apps for the iPhone

nephron — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:31:58 -0000

is the uptodate program just a bookmark for safari or an app?

Re: Caveats for Using Renal Ultrasound to Diagnose Post-Renal Failure

nephron — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:19:19 -0000

Hey Arif,

If you used the handouts from PBfluids.com a link or mention would be appreciated.

Re: How a Medical Student Uses Evernote as a Peripheral Brain

nephron — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:53:48 -0000

I'm using Papers but not Evernote. I downloaded the iPhone application for Papers and have been underwhelmed (it doesn't "just work"). Your video is impressive and is making me consider going to evernote. I use yojimbo and found it was terrible at storing PDFs and figured evernote would all done in the same way, the everything bucket problem. http://al3x.net/2009/01/31/...

Re: How a Medical Student Uses Evernote as a Peripheral Brain

nephron — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:39:28 -0000

Ryan,

can you discuss how you integrate papers and evernote. It looks like using them both is duplication of services. How do you see them solving separate issues?

Re: Nephrology Calculators for the iPhone

nephron — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:05:44 -0000

Actually I liked the fourth calculator which I reviewed as a late entry the best: MedCalc. The old standby from the Palm days has been given a complete rewrite with some unique UI twists for the iPhone which really work. Like NephCalc, its free so giv'em both a try.

http://itunes.apple.com/Web...

Re: Mindmap of the Workup of Hypertension (Primary and Secondary)

nephron — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:28:12 -0000

Josh,

That looks grerat. What are using to create the mind map. My results using bubbl.us are less elegant.

Re: "13 Things I Hate about Nephrology" (by Nephrogirl)

nephron — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:39:03 -0000

That's pretty dark.

How about a list of things that are great about nephrology:

1. Kidney stone patients. They don't die and your interventions are effective!
2. ACEi: they really slow the progression of dialysis
3. The federal government pays for dialysis. Even poor people get dialysis in the U.S.
4. NephSAP: That stuff's great.
5. Acute kidney injury: sure 70% die a gruesome death but if they don't die 95% regain their kidney function.
6. Kidney transplants.
7. Electrolyte disorders, don't tell me that stuff doesn't get you excited.
8. Toxic alcohols: the patients are as sick as can be but you really make a difference and most of my experience has ended with a happy ending.
9. Curing AKI by putting in the foley's catheter.
10. Everyone thinking you're smarter than you are because you understand the kidney.

Re: Precious Bodily Fluids, a New Nephrology Blog

nephron — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:42:26 -0000

Josh,

Thanks for the props. Its nice to know that someone is reading it.

Nate,

Great blog. Keep up the excellent work. I'm going to tell my fellows about your work and advice them to check it out everyday. How successful have you been at daily posting?

Re: Lasix and Furosemide vs. Bumex and Bumetanide

nephron — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:49:20 -0000

Though you are right that bumex has better reliability than fursosemide, they are both trumped by torsemide (demedex) which has the same bioavailability of bumex (80-100%) but a half life 2-3 times as long allowing better once or twice daily dosing. See http://pbfluids.blogspot.co...