A fundamental principle of nephrology is this: What comes in has to go out. If more comes in than goes out or more goes out than comes in sooner or later you're going to be in trouble. This is how I think out too much potassium in the blood - also known as
Primer for rounding on dialysis patients in the outpatient clinic. Intended for physician extenders, new fellows, and any other provider who wants to understand the mystery of dialysis. Topics: Acute Kidney Injury without recovery requiring continued outpatient dialysis Adequacy of dialysis Dialysis access Catheter Arteriovenous Access Anemia management Nutrition Mineral Bone Disease HTN/
What is normal GFR? GFR is the glomerular filtration rate. It is the amount of blood filtered by the glomeruli per unit time. We are born with about a million glomeruli. It is reported in milliliters per minute. From the age of 2 to the age of 25 a normal GFR is 125
Community Hospital Management of Renal Transplant Patients Kidney transplants are good. Messing up a kidney transplant is bad. As a nephrologist at a non transplant hospital this is an issue I fear. Maybe I fear it too much, more than necessary, but I fear it nonetheless. Here is my opinion. Going to break
