Freely Filtered 022: Uric Acid faces the Music.

The Filtrate:Joel TopfSwapnil HiremathSamira FaroukAnd special guests:Katalin Susztak, Professor of Medicine Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. @KSusztakShow Notes:CKD-FIX: Effects of Allopurinol on the Progression of Chronic Kidney DiseasePERL: Serum Urate Lowering with Allopurinol and Kidney Function in Type 1 DiabetesCoverage at NephJC: Effects of Allopurinol on the Progression of Chronic Kidney DiseaseRichard Johnson’s theory in pay-walled Nature Reviews Nephrology: Hypothesis: fructose-induced hyperuricemia as a causal mechanism for the epidemic of the metabolic syndromeRichard Johnson’s theory in open access Nehrology Dialysis and Transplantation: Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which?PERL: Preventing early renal lossIohexol, good for measuring GFR as well as causing contrast associated nephropathy?Uric acid versus urate: The Crystallization of Monosodium UrateAssociation of HLA-B*5801 allele and allopurinol-induced Stevens Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysisWHO list of essential medicationsFixing the numbers, specifically phosphorousGFR Decline as an End Point for Clinical Trials in CKD: A Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug AdministrationCost of allopurinol: $7/month but it is only $9 for 3 monthsFebuxostat Therapy for Patients With Stage 3 CKD and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: A Randomized TrialTipping point analysis - multiple imputation for stress test under missing not at random (MNAR) or a YouTube video if that’s your speed (sorry, I couldn’t find a TikTok on imputation stress tests).Mendelian randomization study of urate and CKD by Ron Do and teamDad jokesFake systematic review by Johnson’s group showing Urate lowering prevented CKDHyperuricemia As a trigger of Immune Response in Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease by Claudio Ponticelli published the week after these two RCTs were published.NEJM Editorial: Urate-Lowering Therapy and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression by Daniel FeigCOVID and PPI manuscriptHashtag the cowboy‘WhatsApp®’ening in nephrology trainingArkana LIVE Pathology SessionsNephJC Summer Book Club. Read Rana Awdish’s In Shock