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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... , AKD Acute Kidney ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable ... /CKD • No structural ... damage #AKI #CKD
Selected Clinical Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors in CVD and CKD
EMPA-REG OUTCOME - Empagliflozin lowered CV events
and CKD EMPA-REG ... lowered adverse kidney ... lowered adverse kidney ... visualabstract #table ... #CVD #CKD
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
or other tumor, Calculi ... Structural - Cysts - PKD ... Medullary sponge kidney ... - Malignancy, Calculi ... Schistomiasis, Malignancy, Calculi
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... contribute to kidney ... patients have CKD ... used for their kidney
Pathophysiology - Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease

#Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Chronic #Kidney #Disease #CKD
Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney ... Nephrology #Chronic #Kidney ... #Disease #CKD
Oral Antihypertensive Medications - Selection by Comorbidities
Comorbidities: 
 • Stable Angina, HFpEF, HFrEF, AFib, TAA/Marfan, Aortic
Comorbidities: • Stable ... Dissection • CKD ... , DM, ESRD, PKD ... #pharmacology #table
Chronic kidney disease 
#ckd #chronic_kidney_disease
Chronic kidney disease ... #ckd #chronic_kidney_disease
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal Calculus ... obstruction - Able ... to identify non-calculus ... #Renal #Kidney ... #stones #calculus
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
Clock for Staging CKD ... Staging CKD is ... as a proxy for kidney ... filtered in the kidney ... cut-offs for each CKD
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Interpreting Kidney ... Creatinine: • AKI, CKD ... Cystatin C: • AKI, CKD ... #Biomarkers #Kidney