Primary Care

Acute kidney injury

Questions discussed in this category

What is your preferred method for latent tuberculosis screening prior to outpatient hemodialysis initiation for a patient with new dialysis requirements?

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Do you recommend holding metformin in a patient with chronic kidney disease who has an upcoming CT contrast study?

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Would you consider restarting a SGLT2i at a reduced dose in a patient who you previously discontinued the medication because of an associated significant decline in eGFR?

1 Answer available

How do you determine the optimal time to restart a diuretic in a patient with cirrhosis, ascites, and lower extremity edema who presented with acute kidney injury that resolved with IV albumin and holding diuretics?

1 Answer available

Would you recommend initially starting twice-weekly outpatient hemodialysis with close lab monitoring for nonoliguric AKI patients?

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When do you restart ACEi/ARB medications for patients whom these medications were previously discontinued due to acute kidney injury?

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Papers discussed in this category

Diabetes Metab, 2021 Dec 13

Acute renal injury events in diabetic patients treated with SGLT2 inhibitors: A comprehensive review with a special reference to RAAS blockers.

The New England journal of medicine, 2013 Jul 10

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 23-2013. A 54-year-old woman with abdominal pain, vomiting, and confusion.

Kidney international, 2002-11

Microvascular endothelial injury and dysfunction during ischemic acute renal failure.

Medicine, 1979 Sep

The morphology of "acute tubular necrosis" in man: analysis of 57 renal biopsies and a comparison with the glycerol model.

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