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The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
The GFR Clock for ... frequently done by calculating ... These calculations ... After calculating ... Using the GFR clock
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
accurately predict GFR ... overestimation of GFR ... assistant medical calculation ... used to estimate GFR ... #Equations #Calculation
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
Fatality / Mortality Calculations ... fatality rate (CFR ... fatality risk (HFR ... MortalityRate #Calculations ... #Outbreak #Calculating
Bazett Formula for Calculating QTc on EKG

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #ECG #EKG #Calculation #QTc #Bazett #Formula
Bazett Formula for Calculating ... MedStudent #ECG #EKG #Calculation
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
nephroprotective ↓ in GFR ... hyperthyroidism ↓ eGFR
Regulation of GFR
Physiologically, GFR is auto-regulated very precisely with changes in the mean arterial pressure (MAP)
Regulation of GFR ... Physiologically, GFR ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology #GFR
Methods for quantifying tricuspid regurgitation. In this figure, the 3 methods for quantifying tricuspid regurgitation are
measurements and calculations ... Regurgitation #Methods #Calculation
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Disease (CKD): • GFR ... • AKI, OR • GFR ... • Decrease in GFR ... Disease (NKD): • GFR
Fraction Flow Reserve (FFR) is traditionally used to quantify the degree of coronary artery narrowing to
Flow Reserve (FFR ... Diastolic FFR has ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #FFR ... FractionalFlowReserve #Calculation
Complications of CKD
 - Patients with stages 1-3 ([GFR] >30 mL/min) of CKD are generally asymptomatic;
with stages 1-3 ([GFR ... CKD stages 4-5 (GFR