#192 Dialysis for the Internist with Joel Topf MD

Kidney Boy Returns! Compare the types of dialysis, learn how nephrologists approach medication management in ESRD, and avoid the most common mistakes non-nephrologists make in patients on dialysis! Kashlak Chief of Nephrology Dr. Joel Topf, @kidney_boy, walks us through what you need to know to take care of a patient on dialysis and gives us an idea of how nephrologists think through mineral bone disease (calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D), anemia, iron repletion, and hypertension. We answer all your questions about co-managing patients on dialysis!

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• Producer: Hannah R. Abrams
• Written and produced by: Hannah R. Abrams
• Cover Art and Infographic by: Hannah R. Abrams
• Hosts: Hannah R. Abrams, Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP   
• Editor: Matthew Watto MD, FACP (written materials), Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com (audio)
• Guest: Joel Topf MD

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• 00:00 Sponsor -ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2020
• 00:15 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
• 01:45 Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*: KidneyCon, CATS (film)
• 06:00 Sponsor -ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2020
• 06:50 Case of Anne Yuric; Assessing risk of progression to dialysis; Candidacy for dialysis and renal