Hospital Medicine

Chronic kidney disease

Questions discussed in this category

Are there instances when you recommend initiation of dialysis in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who are scheduled for a major surgery but do not currently have any indications for renal replacement therapy?

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For outpatients undergoing a kidney biopsy, do you routinely recommend an overnight admission for continued hemoglobin monitoring?

8 Answers available

What is your approach to weaning dialysis in a patient with AKI on CKD and CHF who now has resolved AKI but a history of recurrent episodes of decompensated heart failure?

1 Answer available

Do you perform a kidney ultrasound in patients following a kidney biopsy to evaluate for post-procedural complications?

2 Answers available

Do you recommend giving IV albumin with furosemide to augment diuresis in a patient with hypoalbuminemia and volume overload?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2004-01

Timing of complications in percutaneous renal biopsy.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2003 Mar

Prophylactic dialysis in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

Nephron, 2017 Apr 22

Effect of Prophylactic Dialysis on Morbidity and Mortality in Non-Dialysis-Dependent Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Pilot Study.

Coronary artery disease, 2022 Jan 01

Prophylactic dialysis improves short-term clinical outcome in patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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