A pinch of salt - A podcast by ERA

In this episode of A pinch of salt, Beatriz Sanchez Alamo will talk about tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN), the Cinderella of nephrology, a beautiful and interesting topic that is not easily noticeable in congresses and webinars. Some recent data looking at long-term prognosis has shown that patients with TIN might have a long-term prognosis that is comparable to lupus nephritis and ANCA vasculitis. Are we ignoring TIN and if so, what should we be doing differently? In this episode we’ll be talking about diagnosis, new tests that might identify precisely the drug that is causing TIN, what the treatment and follow-up should be and much more. Dedicated to everybody and anybody who is not entirely glomerulocentric. 

In this episode of A pinch of salt, Shuchi Anand will talk about chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, the mysterious kidney disease that is devastating some agricultural communities in hot environments. Dr Anand will talk about what might be causing this disease, does a kidney biopsy help, is it mandatory, and how to treat these patients both on the individual level and on the population level to tackle this disease locally and globally. Learn more about this true medical mystery, with stories from the literature and stories from the field. 

In this episode of A pinch of salt, Allon N. Friedman will talk about possibly the hottest topic in medicine at this moment – the treatment of obesity, with a particular focus on treating the CKD population. Obesity is finally being recognized as a disease and not merely an unfortunate, somewhat shameful consequence of personalities with weak minds and lack of willpower. But how do we treat it? Does changing lifestyle have any impact, should everybody start taking weight lowering medications, what about surgery? As always, we’ll be trying to provide you with some helpful clinical information that might help you and your patients in regular clinical practice.

In this episode we had the honor and privilege to talk to Camille Kotton, a world-renowned expert in BK nephropathy. The fabulous recent International Consensus Guidelines have been a breakthrough in this field, and we will talk about all the new approaches and recommendations described in them, including how to screen for BK nephropathy, how to act when screening is positive, when to do a biopsy, and different strategies of changing immunosuppression. We’ll also be talking about very difficult situations, like taking care of BK nephropathy in patients with high immunological risk and the odd case where a patient might have BK nephropathy and rejection at the same time. Be sure not to miss this gem of transplantation education.