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Impact and Challenges With Vitamin D to Treat Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Patients With Chronic ... Noted reduction in serum ... Noted reduction in serum ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Nephrology #Management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... Decrease dosage in CKD ... attack + stage ≥3 CKD ... nephrolithiasis, serum ... Gout #diagnosis #management
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Diagnosis and Treatment ... Calculate serum ... Treatment: Treatment ... correction of chronic ... #management #nephrology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Diagnosis and Management ... Spore ingestion → colonic ... IDSA 2021 CDI Treatment ... doi.org/10.1093/cid ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Algorithm for Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia
Acute Hyperkalemia:
 - IV calcium (10 mL of 10%)
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute and Chronic ... optimal dose after serum ... Hyperkalemia #Algorithm #Management ... #treatment #nephrology
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
(91%): Acute / Chronic ... Culture 3) Ag serum ... /urine Treatment ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... Patients with Chronic ... Polycythemia vera) Management ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Nephrology #CKD
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... infection) • Chronic ... prep CSF and serum ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management