Today I want to quickly touch on the initial evaluation for hyponatremia. I’ll leave the full discussion to someone much smarter than me and with more time to spare. There are several approaches to evaluating and working up hyponatremia but here is one that is fairly quick and helpful to the housestaff. Step 1: Is…
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A 71-year-old male with a history of CKD 4 presents to clinic with BP of 220/112. His examination is unremarkable with normal heart sounds and no crackles upon chest auscultation. His Cr is stable at his baseline of 2.8 and last UA was bland with no hematuria, just hyaline cast. Pt denies any complaints and…
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There is already good evidence that coffee is good for the liver and could decrease the incidence of cirrhosis. But at Kidney Week this year, we found out that there was a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine consumption and early death in chronic kidney disease patients. Miguel Bigotte Vieira, MD (Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, in…
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Kidney week is in full blast and it is a big one. Joel Topf is getting an award, we see that caffeine might be beneficial in CKD, and there is a ton of great information.
You can count on 2 thing every March: Dick Vitale and AJKD’s NephMadness. This years regions are really good. Glomerulonephritis Disparities in Nephrology Biomedical Research Diabetic Nephropathy History of Nephrology Dialysis Genetics Nutrition Goto http://www.tourneytopia.com/AJKD/NephMadness/SubmitPicks/Picks.aspx and pick your bracket before March 24th. –Adrian
Here are some simplified lectures on water and sodium disorders for the second year medical students at Tulane University SOM. -Adrian Baudy
Ask anyone that knows me can tell you I love potassium. Its physiology, treatment of its disturbances, and its magical effects. I’ve also used it myself in my armamentarium to treat my own hypertension. When I tell people I sprinkle potassium on everything, the look at me like I’m crazy but potassium has some impressive…
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Study in PBL want some more practice Acid/Base questions, so here you go. Practice Questions: Lagniappe Answers:Lagniappe-key -Adrian Baudy
BETHESDA, MD — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new oral option for reversing hyperkalemia, patiromer. Patiromer is an oral suspension (Veltassa, Relypsa) that has just come out of the phase-2 AMETHYST-DN study, which showed that daily administration of the potassium-binding agent safely controlled hyperkalemia over a 1 year in patients…
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Here is a quick powerpoint on how to write dialysis for the new fellows that are starting call this week by Dr. Fred Teran.
This is a quick powerpoint/google slide of a MGRS presentation I did on last week for grand rounds. It probably isn’t super effective without the audio so I may convert it to full out post once I get some time. But there are about 10 solid (at least to me) MGRS/MGUS questions to help quickly…
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