Water and Sodium Lecture Videos
Here are some simplified lectures on water and sodium disorders for the second year medical students at Tulane University SOM. -Adrian Baudy
Dietary Restrictions for Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome
“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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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.
Nafcillin Associated Hypokalemia
Recently a 53 year old male was admitted to the ED with weakness that progressively worsened over the last 3 weeks. The patient had a history of Hep C and cirrhosis and was sent in by his hepatologist for the weakness which was initially thought to be due to symptomatic anemia. The patient had a history of…
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Initial Evaluation of Hyponatremia
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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