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Metformin Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3A, 3B, or
Metformin Treatment ... /dc17-2231 #Metformin ... #CKD3 #CKD4 #Dosing ... #Pharmacology # ... VisualAbstract #Nephrology
Metformin: Biguanide
Metformin is the first-line medication for treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is very effective
Metformin is the ... medication for treatment ... side effects is GI ... attention to patients renal ... #Pharmacology #
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
of Polyuria - Differential ... Recovery from Acute Renal ... Burns, Steroids], GI ... Bleed) • NaCl ... #Polyuria #Nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Pseudohematuria: • GI ... bleed • Menstruation ... #Hematuria #Differential ... causes #urology #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
plasma insulin (treatment ... Eating disorders GI ... Villous adenoma Renal ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
primary lesions - differential ... diagnosis: • Renal ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... Uremia #Management #Nephrology ... #CKD