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To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
are shown in Table ... assistant medical calculation ... Neither formula ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation
Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation ... #Formulas #Creatinine
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
implies being able ... disease who have low ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation ... #Table #PPV #NPV ... #Formulas #Statistics
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... Primary polydipsia), Low ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
prevalence is low ... then PPV will be low ... , 0 = no correlation ... Biostatistics #formulas ... #calculations #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... off the coronary circulation ... mind the coronary circulation ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
in the coronary circulation ... are typically able ... off the coronary circulation ... mind the coronary circulation ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm
To assess potassium excretion: perform 24-hour urine collection or alternatively obtain potassium-to-creatinine ratio on
Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm ... 24-hour urine collection ... Hypokalemia #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #TTKG #nephrology ... #low #potassium
Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in children
Stabilization Phase (Seizure 0-5 minutes):
 • Check and maintain ABC
breathing and circulation ... • Give high flow ... seizure #Management #neurology ... pediatrics #peds #algorithm
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low ... Ideally, after correcting ... #differential #algorithm ... #nephrology