General Internal Medicine

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How would you treat ESRD patients on hemodialysis with recurrent AV fistula thrombosis found with low protein C activity?

For ESRD patients with decreased Protein C activity level, the purported etiology may be a dialyzable substance in uremic plasma that interferes with ...

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Is there a BMI cutoff for which you would refer a patient needing a native kidney biopsy to interventional radiology?

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Do you recommend immediate catheter removal or anticoagulating for a certain amount of time before removing the tunneled dialysis catheter of a patient with an incidentally found, asymptomatic thrombus at the end of the catheter that does not interfere with hemodialysis?

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Do you recommend avoiding radial artery access for cardiac catheterization to preserve potential future dialysis access sites in patients with advanced CKD?

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How would you approach pursuing a kidney biopsy in a patient with suspected lupus nephritis who is on warfarin for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome?

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How long do you recommend patients hold aspirin for prior to and after undergoing a native kidney biopsy?

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Are there instances when you recommend against a kidney biopsy in a patient with a single kidney who otherwise has indications for a biopsy, consents, and has no medical contraindications for the procedure?

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Do you rule out active urinary tract infections prior to performing a kidney biopsy?

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Are there instances when you recommend femoral vein dialysis catheter placement in patients newly started on hemodialysis in an effort to preserve upper extremity future fistula options?

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Do you recommend patients temporarily hold cilostazol prior to and after a kidney biopsy?

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Are there instances when you would pursue a kidney biopsy in a pregnant patient instead of waiting to perform the procedure post-delivery?

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Which patients do you recommend referral to interventional radiology to perform a kidney biopsy?

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Are there instances when you perform a repeat kidney biopsy in patients whom tolerated the first procedure but are still without a definitive diagnosis?

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Would you recommend avoiding PICC line placement in a kidney transplant patient with an estimated GFR of more than 45 ml/min/1.73m2 and no functional AV access?

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Below what platelet count would you avoid using an AV fistula in a patient with ESKD and thrombocytopenia?

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Papers discussed in this category

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013-01

Thrombocytopenia associated with one type of polysulfone hemodialysis membrane: a report of 5 cases.

Seminars in dialysis, 2014

Thrombocytopenia in ESRD patients: epidemiology, mechanisms and interventional nephrology perspective.

Kidney Int, 2012 May 16

Hemodialysis effect on platelet count and function and hemodialysis-associated thrombocytopenia.

The journal of vascular access, 2020 May 15

How to manage catheter-related right atrial thrombosis: Our conservative approach.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2015-08

Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Medications in Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Interventions.

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2019 Jun 20

Society of Interventional Radiology Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions-Part II: Recommendations: Endorsed by the Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe.

Current cardiology reviews, 2021

Access-site Complications of the Transradial Approach: Rare But Still There.

Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 2013 Nov 19

Should the radial artery be used as a bypass graft following radial access coronary angiography.

The American journal of cardiology, 2021 Aug 11

Meta-Analysis of Transradial Versus Transfemoral Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Kidney international, 1978-07

Use of computerized tomography to diagnose complications of percutaneous renal biopsy.

Annals of clinical and laboratory science, 1982

Perinephric abscess: an unusual late infectious complication of renal biopsy.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2019 Jan 17

Update on the Native Kidney Biopsy: Core Curriculum 2019.

The Journal of urology, 1964 Apr

DEATH DUE TO SEPTICEMIA FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE KIDNEY.

Transplantation direct, 2021 Sep 07

Significance of Asymptomatic Pyelonephritis Found on Kidney Transplant Biopsy.

Mayo Clinic proceedings, 1995 Mar

Renal biopsy.

Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR, 2012 Apr 17

Consensus guidelines for periprocedural management of coagulation status and hemostasis risk in percutaneous image-guided interventions.

Kidney360, 2023 Mar 23

Effects of Aspirin on Kidney Biopsy Bleeding Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PROSPERO 2021 CRD42021261005).

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 2019 Oct 23

KHA-CARI Guideline recommendations for renal biopsy.

Kidney360, 2023 Jan 01

Safety and Adequacy of Kidney Biopsy Procedure in Patients with Obesity.

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