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The episode discusses the impact of fish oil supplementation on cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients.

The Filtrate Joel Topf ‍ ‍ @kidneyboy.bsky.social‬ ( COI ) Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil.medsky.social and on LinkedIn Pedro Teixeira @nephcrit.bsky.social Special Guests Charmaine E Lok, MD Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Editing and Show Notes by Joel Topf The Kidney Connection written and performed by Tim Yau Show Notes Fish-Oil Supplementation and Cardiovascular Events in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis NEJM | NephJC What works in hemodialysis? Iron: PIVOTAL Trial ( NEJM ) Hemodiafiltration: CONVINCE ( NEJM ) That’s the whole list Earlier work on vascular access, The FISH Trial : Effect of fish oil supplementation on graft patency and cardiovascular events among patients with new synthetic arteriovenous hemodialysis grafts: a randomized controlled trial JAMA Eskimo myth : "Fishing" for the origins of the "Eskimos and heart disease" story: facts or wishful thinking? ( PubMed ) Dialysis patients have low levels of fish oil in their body ( PubMedCentral ) Positive trial in non-dialysis patients: REDUCE-IT Negative trial of fish oil in non-dialysis patients: STRENGTH ACC does not recommend FISH Oil for primary or secondary prevention of CV…

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