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Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... esp w oliguria / GFR ... Labs: BMP (Assess GFR ... Elimination (see Table ... status to improve GFR
Pharmacologic Options for Hypercalcemia Associated with Cancer
Rehydration with NS followed by loop diuretics
 • IV normal
saline - Enhances GFR ... #medications #management ... #pharmacology #table
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
The GFR Clock for ... function rate (eGFR ... calculating the eGFR ... Using the GFR clock ... #Nephro #CKD #EGFR
Adjusted Pain Medication Dosing based on GFR

#Renal #Dosing #Pain #Pharmacology #Opiates #CKD #Gabapentin #Table
Dosing based on GFR ... CKD #Gabapentin #Table
Summary of dosing recommendations in renal impairment of commonly used hypoglycaemic agents

#Diabetes #Diabetic #Medications #Pharmacology #Dosing
Impairment #CKD #Table ... #GFR #Hypoglycemics
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
accurately predict GFR ... formulas are shown in Table ... overestimation of GFR ... used to estimate GFR ... CockcroftGault #EGFR
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
nephroprotective ↓ in GFR ... hyperthyroidism ↓ eGFR
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 ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable
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
Summary table of mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used drugs for tuberculosis.
Summary table of ... medical diagrams, tables ... #medications #table ... #management #overview