Alan Yu
alanyuneph.bsky.social
Alan Yu
@alanyuneph.bsky.social
Nephrologist, physician-scientist. Director, Division of Nephrology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas. Opinions are my own. #NephSky
Honored to have @juancarlosqvelez.bsky.social visiting KU Nephrology and the Jared Grantham Kidney Institute.

Fantastic lecture on #hepatorenal syndrome (of course)👏

Lots of practical recommendations backed up by research conducted by Dr. Velez at @ochsnerhealth.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Now out @jclinicalinvest led by Christine_Behm with fantastic team of collaborators👇

We discover a corticomedullary gradient for Ca in kidney and show a critical role for claudin-2, with implications for kidney stone disease.
@kumedcenter.bsky.social

www.jci.org/articles/vie...
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Who says there are no good treatments for AKI?
👇Classic HRS-AKI with dramatic reversal by terlipressin

#medsky #nephsky
August 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
University of Kansas Nephrology and the Jared Grantham Kidney Institute are ready for Super Bowl LIX🏈

Go Chiefs🔥🔥🔥
February 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Looking for a good liver window to visualize the IVC in my fluid-overloaded ESRD patient and instead I find this👇

@nephropocus.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Spotted at the bedside in my persistently hyperkalemic CKD patient (who was encouraged to hydrate)👇

17 mEq K per bottle, even more than OJ😱

Mystery solved🕵️‍♂️
December 16, 2024 at 3:27 PM
25 yo with SLE, AKI, UPCR 8 g

LM: diffuse proliferation, hyaline thrombi (yellow arrowheads)

Silver stain shows spikes in GBM cut transversely & beautiful lacy pattern (representing "holes" where subepithelial deposits are located) on tangential cuts (blue arrows)

👉Class IV+V lupus nephritis
December 5, 2024 at 10:33 PM
80 yo with ESRD. What does abdominal T2 MRI show?
December 4, 2024 at 2:14 AM
65 yo with bladder tumor and AKI
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Just out👉review in AJKD by Sara Jdiaa, Reem Mustafa & myself on Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease #PKD
bit.ly/40yrO4A
November 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM