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Patient factors influencing the selection Of glucose-lowering drugs Other than SGLT2i and metformin in T2D and
metformin in T2D and CKD ... cardiovascular disease ... : CKD. chronic ... kidney disease, ... —4 inhibitor, eGFR
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD):

Individualize BP-lowering therapy and treatment targets in people with frailty, high risk of
Chronic Kidney Disease ... Initial dips in eGFR ... GFR reductions of ... unstable heart disease ... #CKD #eGFR #Kidney
Metformin in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg or 850 mg once daily
 •
Diabetic Kidney Disease ... maximum dose eGFR ... recommended dose eGFR ... #Metformin #CKD
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
months - eGFR ... cause of kidney disease ... ascites • HRS-CKD ... - eGFR < 60ml ... cause of kidney disease
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Chronic Kidney Disease ... kidney function (eGFR ... of Renovascular disease ... Medullary cystic disease ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Chronic Kidney Disease ... (CKD): • GFR ... Acute Kidney Diseases ... months No Kidney Disease ... (NKD): • GFR
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
Staging CKD Staging ... CKD is most frequently ... function rate (eGFR ... calculating the eGFR ... to remember the eGFR
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI, CKD ... nephroprotective ↓ in GFR ... Cystatin C: • AKI, CKD ... hyperthyroidism ↓ eGFR
Renal Failure Prognosis - The eGFR and proteinuria offers a general prognosis as demonstrated in the
Prognosis - The eGFR ... #CKD #EGFR #Proteinuria
Complications of CKD
 - Patients with stages 1-3 ([GFR] >30 mL/min) of CKD are generally asymptomatic;
Complications of CKD ... with stages 1-3 ([GFR ... >30 mL/min) of CKD ... clinically in CKD ... stages 4-5 (GFR