General Internal Medicine

Acute kidney injury

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend initiating immunosuppression and plasmapheresis in patients with dialysis dependent AKI in the setting of anti-GBM disease who do not have pulmonary involvement?

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Do you use any urinary staining techniques when performing urine microscopy for patients with acute kidney injury?

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Do you still consider hepatorenal syndrome in patients with renal impairment and liver disease who are found to have rare muddy brown casts on urine microscopy?

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Are there instances when you recommend performing a kidney biopsy in patients with presumed acute interstitial nephritis who are already on steroids and have improving renal function?

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How do you time 24 hour urine collections when calculating creatinine clearance for patients receiving thrice weekly hemodialysis?

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Would you recommend delaying left heart catheterization until development of ESKD in a patient with CKD Stage 5 and stable coronary artery disease given concern for contrast-induced nephropathy?

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For patients with suspected complement-mediated TMA, are there specific clinical or laboratory parameters that can help guide the decision for starting empirical treatment (e.g., eculizumab) while awaiting the results of complement testing?

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Do you use serum or urine biomarkers other than creatinine when evaluating patients with acute kidney injury?

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Do you reduce the steroid regimen for patients with acute interstitial nephritis who have a high risk for developing side effects from glucocorticoid therapy?

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Are there instances when you do not perform urine microscopy and rely solely on laboratory performed urinalysis when evaluating a patient for acute kidney injury?

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How long would you wait before performing a kidney biopsy in a patient with possible AIN whose creatinine has plateaued, but not improved, after discontinuing the suspected offending agent?

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Would you recommend giving N-acetylcysteine in addition to holding diuretics in a patient with chronic kidney disease and mild hypervolemia who is planned to have a contrast study?

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Papers discussed in this category

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-02-15

Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine.

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