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Phosphate Binders - Pros and Cons

Calcium carbonate (TumsTM) 
 - Most inexpensive, antacid properties useful for
and peptic ulcer disease ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Table #Comparison ... #Pharmacology # ... Nephrology
Metformin Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3A, 3B, or
Metformin Treatment ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Metformin #CKD3 #CKD4 #Dosing ... #Pharmacology # ... VisualAbstract #Nephrology
Potassium Binders for Management of Hyperkalemia
 • SPS - Sodium polystyrene sulfonate
 • Patiromer (veltassa)
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Potassium Binders ... #Hyperkalemia #treatment ... #pharmacology # ... table #comparison ... #nephrology
Characteristics of Commonly Used Phosphate Binders 
Aluminum 
 - Potent and effective 
 - Useful for
Used Phosphate Binders ... #Phosphate #Binders ... #Table #Comparison ... #Pharmacology # ... Nephrology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
- Differential Diagnosis ... dizzy without using ... neuropathy (DM, B12 ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
be separated by 12 ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... #dosing #drugs
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
retention • Binds ... Produces miosis during ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... for Alzheimer's disease ... Cholinergic #Agonists #Pharmacology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... the absence of treatment ... symptoms, positive serology ... peripheral smears using ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
- Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis is primarily ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... disease, water ... should not exceed 12
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Prevalence up to 12% ... , Busulfan • Disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology