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Alport's Syndrome and Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy

Great Alport’s Syndrome and TBM Nephropathy

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Board Review 10/8/13

GOLDMARK – The New MUDPILES

So while reading AJKD I found the GOLDMARK mnemonic for anion gap metabolic acidosis by Ankit Mehta, Joshua and Micheal Emmett . It’s simple and works well, and I think it’s useful for hitting all the major causes of AGMA. I got tired of telling med students and residents to use propylene glycol instead of…
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Physiology Pearls – Gibbs-Donnan Equilibrium

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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Introduction to Peritoneal Dialysis

Great introductory lecture by Dr. Krane on Peritoneal Dialysis.

Water Metabolism Part II

Here is part 2 of Dr. Belinda Lee’s water metabolism presentation.

Physiology Pearls – The Edelman Equation

The “oysters and pearls” appetizer at Criollo. If you’ve sent any considerable amount of time trying to figure out hyponatremia (or any sodium physiology) there is a good chance that you’ve ran into the Androgue-Madrias Formula. They were able to predict the changes in serum sodium based on the concentration of the fluid being infused…
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Water Metabolism Part I

Here is a great presentation from Dr. Belinda Lee.

Does Urgent Dialysis After Contrast Really Work…Not Really

Scenario #1: Prophylactic dialysis in patients without ESRD Medicine: “Hey we have a patient with CKD that is getting IV contrast for a procedure today and we are consulting you for dialysis afterwards” Nephrology Fellow: “Huh, what are you talking about?” Medicine: “Doesn’t prophylactic dialysis prevent contrast induced nephropathy?” Redbeans: Let’s review some of the…
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