The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast

The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast


Disaster Nephrology: Kidney Care During Crises

July 26, 2024

It’s Episode 14 of The Nephron Segment! Join us as we chat with Dr. Mehmet Sukru Sever and Dr. Rasha Rashan and discuss disaster nephrology and kidney care during crises. To summarize Dr. Sever tells us "disasters are inevitable. And All countries around the globe are at risk of disasters, either natural or man made." We discuss what we might learn from prior disasters, what do expect in the future, and what we should do, as a nephrology community, to prepare for the worst.


Nephrons: Matthew SparksSamira Farouk

Guests:  Mehmet Sukru Sever, Rasha Rashan


1:44: Marmara earthquake (1999)

2:35: Bingöl earthquake (2003)

2:44: Bam earthquake (2003)

2:57: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

4:07: Some of Dr. Sever's Papers

4:35: "Destructive Disasters, trauma, crush injury, and beyond"

9:42: Kidney News 2024 Special Section

13:10: "Disasters & Kidney Care: Pitfalls and Solutions" (Nature Reviews Nephrology 2023)

16:31: "An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis" (New York Times 2020)

19:23: "Nephrology Care in Challenging Circumstances: A Patient's Perspective" (Kidney News 2024)

19:59: Syrian refugee crisis

22:08: Refugees & asylees in the United States

25:49: National Kidney Foundation's "Emergency Resources"

26:35: Announcement: ASN, ISN, ERA Collective Effort (2023)

29:06: "Planet Sets Record for Hottest Day Twice in a Row" (2024)

29:12: A review of CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu)

29:49: UEFA Euro 2024