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October 18, 2024. Kidney Facts. Chronic Kidney Disease 1
The use of sodium-glucose transporter (SGLT-2) inhibitors can reduce the progression of chornic kidney disease in diabetics and non-diabetics
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October 9, 2024. Kidney Facts. Acute Renal Failure 1
Obstructive uropathy is one of the important causes of acute renal failure. This can be caused by an enlarged prostate gland, kidney stones, or strictures of the urinary tract.
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October 6, 2024. Kidney Facts. Kidney Stones 1
Citrate binds to calcium in the urine, keeping it away from from crystals that can become kidney stones. Patients with low citrate levels in the urine have increased risk of calcium kidney stone formation.
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October 5, 2024. Kidney Facts. Diabetes Mellitus 1
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus characterized by persistently high blood sugar levels is closely related to rapidly worsening renal function and dialysis initiation.
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October 4, 2024. Kidney Facts. Hypertension 1
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A cup of coffee (8 ounces), contains 2-3 mg of oxalate. This amount is considered ...
... low. A cup of black tea, has 27 mg of oxalate. This is considered elevated
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There is new evidence that suggests there is a role for asymptomatic ...
... hyperuricemia in the genesis and worsening of chronic kidney disease
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A non steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor blocker can be used to try to reduce ...
... proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy and proteinuria
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Uremic encephalopathy is a term created to describe the changes in mental ...
... condition related to the metabolic abnormalities related to a decreased renal function
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Hyponatremia.....It is important to estimate the electrolyte-free water clearance ...
... by the urine in order to understand the cause of hyponatremia.
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Beta 2 microglobulin can be used as a marker of the presence tubular proteinuria, ...
... in order to establish a difference from pure glomerular proteinuria
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There are 2 subcategories of dialysis. Hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis ...
... (PD). HD is achieved by exposing the blood to a dialysate solution in a filter. The clearance of waste products occurs by diffusion. In PD the diffusion is achieved using the peritoneal membrane
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If obstructive uropathy involves the outflow of both kidneys or the outflow of a ...
... single functional kidney it may lead to renal failure. Prompt treatment with ureteral stents or nephrostomy tubes, in addition to the correction of the obstructive process may be necessary.
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The different categories of renal replacement therapy are: renal transplantation, ...
... dialysis and hemofiltration. These categories can subdivide themselves into different subcategories and modalities.
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (#ADPKD) can lead to kidney failure ...
... relatively early in life (forties or fifties)
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Renal erythropoietin-producing cells are interstitial fibroblast-like cells in ...
... the cortex and outer medulla of the kidney. Anemia of chronic kidney disease is caused by a decline in the number and activity of these cells.
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Chronic interstitial nephritis can be caused by #autoimmune disorders, ...
... #infections, long term use/side effect of certain medications, heavy metal toxicity, chronic hypercalcemia, chronic hyperuricemia, #oxalate nephropathy, radiation therapy and #aristolochic acid
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Hyponatremia......There is an association between mild to moderate #hyponatremia ...
... and changes in behavior, impaired concentration, changes in the visual-spatial perception, #falls and bone #fractures.
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Vitamin D deficiency If you live north the 30th parallel in the northern ...
... hemisphere or south of the 30th parallel in the southern hemisphere, you most likely require vitamin D supplementation, even if you spend a significant mount of time outdoors
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About 60% of all kidney stones are mainly made of calcium oxalate, the most ...
... common type of kidney stone.
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