Aisha Shaikh, MD

@aishaikh

Division Chief, Nephrology @ VA| Nephrologist @ISMMSKidney| Interventional Nephrologist| Tweets & RTs are not medical advice| Check out her Tweetorial Catalogue

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’Physical Examination of the Dialysis Vascular Access’#MedEd #ClinicalImages #lecture #nephrology #Renal #VascularSurgery #ESRD #dialysis #VascularAccess #complications #PhysicalExam #Inspection #Palpitation #Auscultation
Dialysis Access Associated Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (VTOS)#physiology #MedEd #nephrology #ThoracicSurgery #vascularsurgery #dialysis #VascularAccess #ThoracicOutlet #VTOS #SubclavianVein #stenosis
credance, SGLT2 inhibitors#pathophysiology #renal #nephrology #endocrinology #SGLT2 #inhibitor #glucose #co_transporter #glycosuria #diabetes #CREDENCE #EMPAREG #CANVAS
HERO graft#MedEd #renal #nephrology #HeRO #half #catheter #graft #CentralVeinStenosis #patency #bacteremia #PulmonaryEmbolism
hydroxychloroquine quinine#therapeutics #histmed #renal #rheumatology #hydroxychloroquine #quinine #cinchona #anti_malarial #lupus #RA #hyperpigmentation #BullsEyeMaculopathy
CREDANCE negative trials#EBM #journalclub #renal #endocrinology #cardiology #CREDANCE #CKD #Diabetes #DM #ESRD #SGLT2inhibitor #negative
vascular access AVF the best dialysis , cost, patency#EBM #MedEd #renal #nephrology #vascularsurgery #dialysis #vascular #access #AVF #patency #cost
Tutorial on ‘Dialysis Adequacy’#ClinicalReasoning #Physiology #Nephrology #Renal #Neph #DialysisAdequacy #Urea #TimeonDialysis #UFrate #NephPearls
But should Metformin be the 1st line therapy in T2DM patients with cardiovascular disease?#ClinicalReasoning #EBM #Endocrinology #Endo #Cardiology #CardioTwitter #Metformin #T2DM #Type2DM #Diabetes #CVD #CardiovascularDisease
Teaching point re: Rx of dialysis catheter related bacteremia, IV antibiotic alone is NEVER the correct Rx choice#ClinicalReasoning #Nephrology #Renal #Neph #dialysiscathterbacteremia #diaylsiscatheterinfection #CVCinfection #CVCexchange