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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 ... function rate (eGFR ... Using the GFR clock ... #Diagnosis #Nephro ... #CKD #EGFR #Staging
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
): • GFR < 60 ... Kidney Diseases and ... • GFR < 60 ml/min ... • Decrease in GFR ... ): • GFR ≥ 60
Adjusted Pain Medication Dosing based on GFR

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

#Diabetes #Diabetic #Medications #Pharmacology #Dosing
#Medications #Pharmacology ... Renal #Impairment #CKD ... #Table #GFR #Hypoglycemics
Effects of Prostaglandins and NSAIDs on the Kidney
Effects of Prostaglandins on the Kidney:
 • The vasodilatory
is increased in CKD ... maintaining baseline GFR ... setting of modest GFR ... with GFR > 30 and ... avoidance with GFR
Regulation of GFR
Physiologically, GFR is auto-regulated very precisely with changes in the mean arterial pressure (MAP)
Regulation of GFR ... Physiologically, GFR ... tubuloglomerular, and ... the neuro-hormonal ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology #GFR
Effects of a Low-Protein, Low-Salt Diet on the Afferent Arteriole. A lower intake of dietary protein
glomerular damage and ... #Pathophys #Nephro ... #CKD #LowProteinDiet ... #GFR #NEJM
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
accurately predict GFR ... , age, gender, and ... overestimation of GFR ... used to estimate GFR ... CockcroftGault #EGFR
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD):

Individualize BP-lowering therapy and treatment targets in people with frailty, high risk of
Kidney Disease (CKD ... Initial dips in eGFR ... GFR reductions of ... and the risks and ... #CKD #eGFR #Kidney
Metformin in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg or 850 mg once daily
 •
maximum dose eGFR ... half the dose and ... recommended dose eGFR ... #Metformin #CKD ... #pharmacology #