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Table 1. Equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in adults based on serum creatinine concentration*.
#Diagnosis
Table 1. ... glomerular filtration rate ... (eGFR) in adults ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #MDRD #CockcroftGault
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
usefulness of the serum creatinine ... addition to serum creatinine ... Table 3. ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #MDRD #CockcroftGault
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... , Eclampsia, Late ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Many studies have reported that although some patients develop contrast nephropathy, the average creatinine among all
patients is either stable ... random variations in ... nephropathy:” #Pathophysiology ... #Nephropathy #CIN ... #Distribution #Nephrology
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
disconnection syndrome ... cannot read but can ... Pathophysiology: ... Agraphia #clinical #neurology ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #neurology
#ICUCard
RENAL
GFR
90-131
mL/min
((140-age)*Wt)/(72*Cr)
Glomerular Filtration Rate (Cockcroft)
CI Cr
90-131
mL/min
(CrU * volume)/CrS
Creatinine Clearance
FENa
0.0-1.0
%
((U/P Na)/(U/P Cr))*100
Fractional Excretion of Na+
Na req
mEq
(125-Na)*0.6*Wt
Required Sodium
FE Urea
* volume)/CrS Creatinine ... BUN/Cr S BUN / Creatinine ... Distress Syndrome ... Bumetanide: IV or IM ... x4 q15-30min) *IM
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
- Mutation in the ... (NCCT) present in ... urine, calcium-creatinine ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
What’s in muscle ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Amphetamines, LSD UW IM ... Diagnosis #Causes #nephrology ... #table