I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

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.