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Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
, Normal renal ultrasound ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD ... ascites • HRS-CKD
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Family history, ultrasound ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... , AKD Acute Kidney ... Kidney Disease (CKD ... /CKD • No structural ... damage #AKI #CKD
Selected Clinical Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors in CVD and CKD
EMPA-REG OUTCOME - Empagliflozin lowered CV events
and CKD EMPA-REG ... SGLT2i in HF and CKD ... SGLT2i in HF and CKD ... kidney events in CKD ... patients with CKD
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
not possible • Ultrasound ... Decrease dosage in CKD ... attack + stage ≥3 CKD
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
Dissection • CKD ... , DM, ESRD, PKD
Common Bile Duct (CBD) on Abdominal Ultrasound

The key to finding CBD is to look anteriorly to
Common Bile Duct (CBD ... ) on Abdominal Ultrasound ... key to finding CBD ... the PV is the CBD ... CommonBileDuct #clinical #ultrasound
Gout Management in CKD
 • Colchicine
 • NSAID
 • Glucocorticoid
 • ACTH
 • Interleukin-1 Inhibitors

#Gout #Management
Management in CKD ... Gout #Management #CKD
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
Clock for Staging CKD ... Staging CKD is ... calculating the eGFR, CKD ... cut-offs for each CKD ... Diagnosis #Nephro #CKD
Complications of CKD
 - Patients with stages 1-3 ([GFR] >30 mL/min) of CKD are generally asymptomatic;
Complications of CKD ... >30 mL/min) of CKD ... clinically in CKD ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology #CKD