Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN

Wife, Mom, Kidney doctor and Tour de France follower. I value alignment and humility. Tweets are my own opinion and not medical advice.

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Please, remind yourself of this every morning as you start your day. #PerfectDay

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@PhilStacey_SN @HeadersHockey https://t.co/rGj4xFAx1a

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@rheault_m Saving lives of kidney patients. (Mike drop)

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@MKIttlesonMD When one medicine costs hundreds and one costs pennies a day, you can have all the data you want but people have to pay for our choices. It’s hard to have people have yo choose between food and “best practice”- which I think is not best for many.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@NephRodby 99%.

[Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbslab]

Contrary to expectations: Higher protein intake is linked to lower mortality in adults with chronic kidney disease according to a large new study.
Finally, we have a study. It's time to abandon the low-protein approach.
Link to study: https://t.co/iE92MzMRrd

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@kidney_boy SZC. We should not use brand names if we can help it!

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@gbosslet Covenant of Water, or Cutting for Stone
Bookseller of Kabul
The Goldfinch
Devil in the White City

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@NephJC @fperrywilson How is RASi in the same class as those other meds??

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

#NephJC Kelly Burdge, Nephrologist in Boston. No COi and lurking to learn.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@RafeyNephro His talks were always focused on real patients and real life scenarios. What a giant loss. Condolences to his family.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@hswapnil Amazing book. Took me three times from the library to make it through.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@kidney_boy And APGARs!

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@hswapnil @NephJC @AndrewRuleMD That’s helpful. I can’t tell you how many 3a’s come in with about 40 papers printed from their portal that says things are abnormal and have not slept since they heard this.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@hswapnil @NephJC Tell that to a patient or the APP that refers for that…. Hard sell.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@NephJC It starts with their H and p, and then with gfr trend and UA. Unfortunately, many worried well press hard to get a work up, and the ones that need it most usually have so many other issues going to nephrology is one more burden.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@NephJC When a patient would actually do it

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@NephJC @elbaonelida I’m surprised at some of the results I get… most align but several pts have much lower cystatin gfr’s than cr gfr- I watch them more closely. Rarely the opposite except young muscular people.

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@stephanietr612 @kidney_boy @M_Elraggal @hswapnil @NavTangri @NephJC

[Kelly Burdge, MD, FASN @practicalkidney]

@kidney_boy @M_Elraggal @hswapnil @NavTangri @NephJC No. I find the bigger issue the cr gfr of 30 and the cystatin gfr 14 ( had it today) 🤷‍♀️in a petite woman. I did average again.