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Friday, April 10, 2026

NephMadness 2026, an eGFRcr-cys Oddity, Epic Health Alerts, and Battery Tracking

Nephro:

  • NephMadness 2026 — Year 14 of the nephrology bracket tournament!
  • A peculiarity of the eGFRcr-cys equation is that the eGFR is sometimes HIGHER than the eGFRcr and eGFRcys equations individually.

An updated eGFR Percentile Explorer App. egfr-percentile-explorer.netlify.app

— Joshua Schwimmer, MD (@joshuaschwimmer.bsky.social)
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Tools:

  • Epic Health Alerts — Epic's new public health alert system.
  • Juicy Juicy — Beautiful Mac battery alerts and health monitoring.
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