PTH Targets
Here is a quick PTH reference I made. Remember than PTH is standardized at all labs and that the overall trend is more important.
Here is a quick PTH reference I made. Remember than PTH is standardized at all labs and that the overall trend is more important.
“What should I eat?” And “Should I avoid protein since I’m losing it in my urine?” These are questions that I often hear my patients with nephrotic syndrome ask. So today I decided to do a quick review to answer those questions in the clinic and on the wards. Sodium Sodium restriction has been shown…
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Here is great presentation on HRS by former fellow Damadar Kumbala.
Today is a quick review of glomerular causes of hematuria without proteinuria, renal insufficiency, or RBC cast. IgA Nephropathy Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy Hereditary Nephritis (Alport’s) Histologically normal glomeruli Nonetheless, the role of renal biopsy in the evaluation of asymptomatic hematuria in patients without proteinuria, hypertension, or kidney insufficiency is unclear. But it appears that…
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Great Alport’s Syndrome and TBM Nephropathy
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The Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium or Effect describes the behavior of charged particles near a semipermeable membrane. It explains the balance between electrostatic and osmotic forces. The effect is named after the American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs and the British chemist Frederick G. Donnan. The Gibbs-Donnan Factor for monovalent cations is 0.95, for example this would mean…
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