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Thursday, July 31, 2014

CONCEPT MAP: Gap acidosis- GOLDMARK

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Based on Lancet Article that gives a better ddx for Gap acidosis http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61398...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Topic Discussion: Stones: HEART of the MATTER

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Last year, a prospective study was published in JAMA suggesting that having a history of kidney stones as an independent risk factor...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI): Why is magnesium balance important?

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Cisplatin is one of the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agents.  In the US, there are more than 2000 ongoing clinical trials investig...
Friday, July 25, 2014

The First Ever Nephrology Spelling Bee

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The First Ever Nephrology Spelling Pee Bee For the first time ever ( to my knowledge), we conducted a Nephrology Spelling Be...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Delta –Delta or corrected HCO3- where is this other disorder hiding?

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Often when we have a severe gap acidosis, we are forced to calculate the “delta/delta” and look for either a non gap acidosis or met alkalo...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Diabetic Kidney Disease: Old and New View

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A recent article by Dr Sally Marshall in ACKD reviews the natural history of CKD in diabetic patients and reviews the old and the new view...
Saturday, July 12, 2014

Clinical Case 83: Answer and Summary

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Which one of these drugs is the most common culprit in acute allergic interstitial nephritis now? Amoxicillin 13% Omeprazole 37% Cipro...