Ben Caplin

UCL researcher and RFL nephrologist. Interested in CKD in the UK and abroad, alongside politics, bicycles and saxophones. Views my own and no medical advice.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

First steps in efforts to characterise the burden of CKDu across different regions. Fantastic work led by Charlotte in collaboration with so many brilliant investigators from around the world.

If we understand where it is, maybe we can understand what it is.

[Kidney International @Kidney_Int]

International prevalence patterns of low eGFR in adults aged 18-60 without traditional risk factors from a population-based cross-sectional disadvantaged populations #eGFR epidemiology (DEGREE) study

https://t.co/Vt17HUB2Dm

#CKDu #CKDnt #chronickidneydisease

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@jfnephlolz @stephenmcadoo @ThePeanutKidney Ageing like fine wines you mean. Wonderful to catch up as always.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@valerie_luyckx @eric_weinhandl Maybe not a surprise? Size of effect larger than I expected. And GBD data suggests increased CKD morbidity in some, but by no means all, hot countries.

Also a first attempt at disentangling heat from access to care and other important context specific effects on eGFR decline.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@valerie_luyckx @eric_weinhandl Thanks both. Eric absolutely correct re: aim of the study. Subgroup analysis shows no evidence for a difference in association by DAPA-CKD study arm (in the paper).

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

New work supporting a clinically important role of heat in exacerbating eGFR loss in CKD of all causes.
How best to protect vulnerable kidney patients in a warming world?
https://t.co/l4R17QjDN0
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@DorotheaNitsch
@gchertow
@DavidCWheeler2
@RenalUCL
@TheLancetPlanet

[UCL Renal @RenalUCL]

Registration is now open for the UCL Infectious & Global Nephrology Course 22 – 24 March. The course is online this year. Fees include access to the recorded talks. More info/online booking:
https://t.co/w0whrBNfAX

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@dr_fiona @uclnews Thanks Fiona. Very generous.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Real privilege to be part of this with such a great range of studies presented from across the globe. Diverse approaches but important insights from all of them. Lots to learn and huge potential for collaboration. Let’s solve #CKDu

[Int Society of Nephrology @ISNkidneycare]

A very fruitful meeting currently taking place with the ISN i3C Symposium on Studies focused on #CKDu: Works in Progress. Thank you all for your attendance.

Learn more about the ISN CKDu Network: https://t.co/LaXVaGR3qM #ThisIsISN

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@dr_fiona Thanks for the kind words. I hope you are doing well wherever medicine has taken you.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@rhysdrevans @RoyalFreeNHS @UBCNephrology @salama_alan @RealDr_Pepper @philmasson2 @RidingAlex @Sai_Durai @drchrislaing Fabulous news.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Great to work with such a fabulous group of front line clinicians from across our city.

Important also to reflect on the amazing contributions of nursing colleagues, AHPs, and volunteers from across our community without whom the dialysis machines wouldn’t have kept running.

[ASN Publications @asnpublications]

Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment face unique challenges during the pandemic. This study found that COVID-19 rates of in center-hemodialysis populations relate to individual factors, underlying community transmission, unit size and layout https://t.co/C8OAl2rITy

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@ThePeanutKidney @toates_19 @JAPTomlinson @stephenmcadoo @philip_webster Happy Birthday Tom. Looking forward to the beer.

[English Heritage @EnglishHeritage]

Our final blue plaque of the year celebrates the Physicist and Champion of Science, Abdus Salam! 🔵 Salam's work on electroweak theory contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle – the 'God particle' which gives everything mass.

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

@Roxytonin Fantastic work Laurie. I was wondering whether you guys might address this. Caveats accepted - really inportant evidence on such a key question. https://t.co/BQqQQIjDWb

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Great to see this out. Impossible without the truly multidisciplinary team, Athina Dritsoula, Maria Kislikova, Amin Oomatia, @awebster90, @toates_19, @StephanBeck6 et al. and of course funding from the brilliant @Kidney_Research

https://t.co/c9JB18VIvw

[Valerie Luyckx @valerie_luyckx]

We need to stop lumping „diabetes and kidney disease“ in NCD burden reports and studies. Unhelpful. Kidney disease is much more than diabetes, esp. in LMICs. @LancetGH @GlobalHealthBMJ @un_ncd @ncdalliance @ISNkidneycare @ASNKidney @DrAxelrod_WHO @IHME_UW

[Int Society of Nephrology @ISNkidneycare]

ISN Launches the ISN Observatory of CKDu. As part of its Collaboration Plan with the @WHO, the ISN i3C group has organized a platform to collect and store basic information on current human studies in #CKDu.

Access the ISN Observatory of CKDu here https://t.co/MaAdpmR5Cv

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Really nice data on a potential new testing option for kidney disease in resource-poor settings from Rhys and colleagues

[Rhys Evans @rhysdrevans]

Diagnostic performance of a point-of-care saliva urea nitrogen dipstick to screen for kidney disease in low-resource settings where serum creatinine is unavailable https://t.co/FXOdR8JKIH

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Thanks Kate. The NDT digest series is a really smart educational initiative.

[Dr Dr Kate Stevens💙 @KateIsabelle24]

📰⚡️@NDTsocial #digest on CKD u by @viyaasanm @bencaplin2 - did you see this? 👆🏻Succinct summary of an epidemic...☕️break CPD so get reading! @ERAEDTA @denisfouque1 @ynptweets @Jamietraynor01 @geddescc @mcq_emily @PeterThomson78

https://t.co/iTJr0P69y8

[Ben Caplin @bencaplin2]

Environmental exposures in young adults with declining kidney function in a population at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy https://t.co/EO54S839j6 @smpokou @MarvinGonzlez16