Kidney Thinking. The blog from Think Kidneys

What no one knows about Christmas this year is that it almost didn’t happen. Just think of the consequences of me not showing up – all those expectant children waiting for me to arrive and leave their presents, regardless of whether they’ve been good or bad. The planning, the shopping, the letters written, the wrapping! Looking back it was inevitable really. You can’t expect an old man like…

Andy Lewington and Sarah Harding on behalf of the Risk Workstream The Risk workstream of the Think Kidneys programme has devoted a lot of time into looking at how people “at risk” but who haven’t had Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) can be identified and cared for to minimise their risk of an event. There are no specific treatments for the most common forms of AKI other…

My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there ‘Five Years’ by David Bowie Tom Blakeman & Charlie Tomson on behalf of the Responding to e-alerts in Primary Care Working Group Does your brain hurt a lot?’ Are you interested in tackling harm associated with Acute Kidney Injury but also bothered…

It’s been a busy time with AKI this month but first I want to mention a conference I attended on technology and education where I had the opportunity to try out ‘Google Glass’ – a pair of specs that provide you with a ‘heads up’ display. It’s a bit like viewing information ‘Terminator’ style! It’s an expensive piece of kit that is still being developed and…

I’m so excited! I have a real passion for renal and have made it my mission in life to improve the knowledge of anyone who will listen about kidneys and how to care for patients with renal disease. I’m a bit like my cat – I don’t like being told ‘no’ so am always on the lookout for ways to deliver education in new and innovative…