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Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... (eGFR) in adults ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #MDRD #CockcroftGault ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
Table 3. ... assistant medical calculation ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #MDRD #CockcroftGault ... EGFR #Equations #Calculation
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
glomerular function rate ... patient’s serum creatinine ... the eGFR, CKD can ... Using the GFR clock ... @JustinBerk #Diagnosis
Management Algorithm for Status Epilepticus

• Assess airway, breathing, and circulation
• Pulse oximetry
• Electrocardiogram
• Finger stick (give
breathing, and circulation ... IV at a maximum rate ... Fosphenytoin 20 PE/kg IM ... Management #Algorithm #Neurology ... #pharmacology #dosing
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... blood flow occurs during ... Even during the ... faster the heart rate ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... blood flow occurs during ... Even during the ... faster the heart rate ... #diagnosis #management
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... shortly after or during ... uteroplacental circulation ... decreased respiratory rate ... #differential #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
contents into circulation ... What’s in muscle ... Amphetamines, LSD UW IM ... #Causes #nephrology ... #table
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
hypokalemic salt-losing ... urine, calcium-creatinine ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology