AudioScholar Nephrology Weekly (India)

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Nephrology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed nephrology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. India edition.

  1. 2d ago

    This Week in Nephrology — Sep 16, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning new guidance and drug strategies in glomerular and anaemia care, the cardio-kidney-metabolic axis with risk prediction, and transplantation plus the biology of re… This week's papers: 1. Evaluation and Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2026 Clinical Practice Guideline. — Annals of Internal Medicine 2026 2. Complement in Kidney Disease: Core Curriculum 2026. — American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2026 3. Sparsentan - SGLT2 inhibitor combination therapy in trials of IgA nephropathy. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 4. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in CKD: Contemporary Insights into Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. Obesity and Cardio-Metabolic Health in Kidney Disease: Implications for Kidney Health, Risk Stratification, and Management. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 6. Mechanisms of regeneration and maladaptive repair in acute kidney injury. — Nature Reviews Nephrology 2026 7. Temporal Changes in the Recovery and Utilization of Kidneys Donated After Circulatory Death in the United States. — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 8. Plasma versus Whole Blood Tacrolimus Concentration and Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation: Post Hoc Analysis of the ALLEGRO Trial. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 9. Predicting High-Risk CKD in Japanese People: Model Development and Validation. — Kidney International Reports 2026 10. CDK4/6 Inhibitor Abemaciclib Arrests and Reverses Kidney Cyst Progression in Preclinical Models of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/nnqc7ckgjk

  2. Sep 9

    This Week in Nephrology — Sep 9, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the frontier of transplantation and organ access, risk prediction and diagnostics across chronic kidney disease, and the practical business of drug therapy and sh… This week's papers: 1. Porcine kidney xenotransplantation as a bridge to allotransplantation: a first-in-human study. — The Lancet 2026 2. Protocol kidney biopsy in the management of proliferative (class III/IV) lupus nephritis: barking up the wrong tree! — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 3. Efficacy and safety of canagliflozin are consistent across polypharmacy burden in CKD: the CREDENCE trial. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 4. Predictive Value of Urine Tubular Biomarkers on Kidney Outcomes: Observations from EMPA-KIDNEY. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. Inflammation as a therapeutic target to improve kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. — Nature Reviews Nephrology 2026 6. CKD risk with tegoprazan versus proton pump inhibitors. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 7. Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio Reveals Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Risk Reclassification in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic-Era Community Scree… — Kidney360 2026 8. A Randomized Pilot Trial of a Nephrologist Communication Tool for Discussing Conservative Management. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 9. Regional Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: An Analysis of Transplant Referral Networks. — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 10. Quantum Dot-Based Fluorescent Lateral Flow Immunoassay Strip for Rapid Detection of Anti-nephrin Autoantibodies in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/c4fw6sugta

  3. Sep 2

    This Week in Nephrology — Sep 2, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning cardiovascular risk in the dialysis population, drug and infection safety across dialysis and hospital care, and a cluster of consensus and implementation documen… This week's papers: 1. Asia-Pacific Summit on Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diabetes and Blood Pressure Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: A KDIGO Summit Repor… — Kidney International 2026 2. SEISMIC: A multi-stakeholder summit addressing access issues in diagnosis and treatment of C3G nephropathy and IC-MPGN. — Kidney International 2026 3. An International Expert Consensus Statement and Guidance Document on Implementation of Nutritional Supplementation in Patients on Dialysis. — Kidney International Reports 2026 4. Heterogeneity of Nephrotoxic Risk Across Medication Classes and Combinations in Hospitalized Adults. — Kidney360 2026 5. Intradialytic Myocardial Stunning in Hemodialysis Dependent End Stage Kidney Disease. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 6. Systolic Blood Pressure Variability and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 7. Peritonitis and Mortality Risks of Gastric Acid Suppressants in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis. — Kidney International Reports 2026 8. Burden and Risk Factors for Staphylococcus aureus-Related Sepsis among US Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Claims-Based Cohort Study. — Kidney360 2026 9. Randomized Trial of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation in CKD Pregnancy (ORCHARD-BEET). — Kidney International Reports 2026 10. Advancing Water and Dialysate Standards for High-Volume Hemodiafiltration in the United States: From Scientific Rationale to Clinical Implementation. — Kidney360 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/kbb5mm3prw

  4. Aug 27

    This Week in Nephrology — Aug 27, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning dialysis decision-making and drug therapy at the extremes of kidney function, biomarkers and biopsy classification that sharpen how we phenotype glomerular diseas… This week's papers: 1. Outcomes from the International Society of Nephrology Forum on Complement Therapeutics in C3G & IgAN. — Kidney International 2026 2. Diagnosis and management of acute hyperkalaemia. — BMJ 2026 3. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Risks of Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 4. Dialysis Discontinuation Rates at Low Levels of Kidney Function in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury on Intermittent Hemodialysis. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. Improving the Histologic Classification of Advanced Diabetic Nephropathy Based on the Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy (TRIDENT) Findings. — Kidney International 2026 6. Evaluating Patterns and Outcomes in the Prescription of Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis in Support of Shared Decision-Making. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 7. Vaccination and Safe Living Strategies for Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious… — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 8. Serum levels of guanidinylated YB-1 indicate active lupus nephritis. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 9. Performance-Based Frailty Tools Capture Distinct Risk Phenotypes in Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Comparative Analysis of FRAIL and SPPB. — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 10. Plasma Levels of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 and Adverse Kidney Outcomes: Proteomics-Based Mediation Analysis and Mendelian Randomization. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/uemahvbg9y

  5. Aug 20

    This Week in Nephrology — Aug 20, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering ten notable papers spanning how we measure and treat chronic kidney disease, the paraprotein and immune interface with kidney disease, and transplantation and dialysis care delivery. Let's… This week's papers: 1. Combination Pharmacotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Translating Evidence into Clinical Practice — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 2. Reframing kidney outcomes in CKD trials: eGFR slopes, competing risks, and pragmatic trial design — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 3. Trends in mortality in adult first kidney transplant recipients with and without diabetes as cause of kidney failure: an ERA Registry study — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 4. Pathogenesis and Translational Perspectives in Myeloma-Associated Nephropathy — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. Monoclonal gammopathy in ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis: prevalence, characteristics and outcomes — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 6. Scaling up Genomics: A Mainstream Model of Care in Nephrology — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 7. Peritoneal Dialysis in the Transplant Pathway: From Waitlist to Graft Failure — Kidney360 2026 8. Genetic determinants of serum creatinine and cystatin C independent of kidney function generate bias in filtration markers — Kidney International 2026 9. Donor Kidney Assessment-Functional Metrics and Biomarkers During Ex Situ Machine Perfusion — Transplantation 2026 10. A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Digital Health Intervention on Phosphate Control in Patients on Dialysis — Kidney360 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/uxuwh37334

  6. Aug 13

    This Week in Nephrology — Aug 13, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning transplantation — from immunosuppression formulations to donor safety and paired exchange innovation — the limits and refinements of drug therapy in chronic kidne… This week's papers: 1. A Comparative Study of Once-Daily versus Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: A National Cohort Analysis. — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 2. Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition in Dialysis-Dependent Patients with Chronic Heart Failure due to Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review and Meta-An… — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 3. Comparative Effectiveness and Cardiovascular Safety of Romosozumab versus Teriparatide in Osteoporosis Patients with CKD: Target Trial Emulation Study. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 4. Individualizing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapy for CKD associated with diabetes. — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 5. The Impact of Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System Inhibitors in IgA Nephropathy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 6. Anti-CD38/Anti-CD20 Rescue Therapy for Posttransplant Recurrent FSGS. — Kidney International Reports 2026 7. Long Term Outcomes in Living Kidney Donors Over 30 Years. — Kidney International Reports 2026 8. Key Elements of Clinical Communication After Inpatient Acute Kidney Injury: Modified Delphi Study From the AKINow Recovery Workgroup. — American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2026 9. Integrating Deceased and Living Donation: Six-Year Outcomes of the Italian Deceased-Donor-Initiated Kidney Paired Exchange (DEC-K) Program. — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 10. Renal Outcomes of Triglyceride-Targeting Lipid-Lowering Therapies versus Statins in Patients with CKD. — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/y54txdbys4

  7. Aug 5

    This Week in Nephrology — Aug 5, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning acute kidney injury consensus work and onco-nephrology, dialysis modality decisions and patient-reported symptoms, and prevention and precision medicine across gl… This week's papers: 1. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: A Report from the 34th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) Consensus Conference — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 2. Accelerating Evidence-Based Practices in Acute Kidney Injury: A Consensus Statement from the XXXV ADQI Conference — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 3. Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 4. Peritoneal Dialysis Modality and Outcomes in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study — Kidney International Reports 2026 5. Hypertension Management in Pregnancy and Postpartum — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 6. Glucocorticoid-Modulated Molecular Signatures and Prediction of Treatment Efficacy in IgA Nephropathy — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 7. Beyond Trough Levels: Tacrolimus Dose Requirements and Individualized Monitoring in Kidney Transplantation — American Journal of Transplantation 2026 8. Skeletal Muscle Cramp Prevalence among Patients Receiving Dialysis: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 9. Monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance: a guide for nephrologists — Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2026 10. Primary Prevention of CKD for Heart and Kidney Health: Ready for Primetime? — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/mvusxj3ky9

  8. Jul 31

    This Week in Nephrology — Jul 31, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering ten notable papers spanning the management of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, evolving strategies and long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation, and innovative approaches to p… This week's papers: 1. Dapagliflozin and Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial — JAMA 2026 2. T-Cell Engager-Mediated HLA Antibody Depletion before Kidney Transplantation — The New England Journal of Medicine 2026 3. Validation of the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT) Equations in a CKD Population: A Nationwide Veterans Analysis — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 5. ISN International Expert Forum: Exploring the Nexus of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Health — Kidney International 2026 6. Evidence-Based Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Therapies in Kidney Transplant Recipients — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 7. Perceptions and Patterns Associated with Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis Use: Surveying Physicians and Nurses across Australia, Canada and Thailand — Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026 8. Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Plasma Cell-Rich Rejection in Renal Transplant Biopsies — Transplantation 2026 9. Renal Cyst Sclerotherapy in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Long-Term Follow-Up and Evaluation in a Porcine Bladder Model — Kidney360 2026 10. Bone Mineral Density Loss After Kidney Transplantation: Metabolic Determinants, Diagnostic Approaches, and Preventive Strategies — Kidney International Reports 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/67her33mr8

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Nephrology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed nephrology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. India edition.