Topic
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Podcasts
Cardiology # 59Nov 10, 2026Quality Improvement in the Cardiac Cath Lab: Strategies & Impact
A creatinine of 0.9 can hide a GFR of 45, and at Columbia that gap is now called out in every cath lab time-out. On this episode of BackTable Cardiology, Dr. Sameh Sayfo talks with Dr. Megha Prasad, interventional cardiologist and co-director of the interventional cardiology fellowship at Columbia University, about the side of the cath lab most fellows are never taught: quality improvement, operations, and making the case for new technology. Dr. Prasad traces her interest back to root cause analyses during residency, explains who really defines quality, and walks through two initiatives, a contrast checkpoint to prevent acute kidney injury and a standardized weaning protocol for mechanical circulatory support. She also explains why awareness and an operator's own data move colleagues more than penalties, and how fellows can become a lab's standard keepers.
Vascular & IR # 263Nov 18, 2022How I Perform Renal Biopsies
In this next installment of our Back to the Basics series, Drs. Aaron Fritts and Chris Beck discuss their techniques, considerations, and tips for ensuring safe and high quality renal biopsies.