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The latest Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (nephSAP) issue, Volume 23: Issue 3 (Aug 2024): Acute Kidney Injury and Critical Care Nephrology is now available online.
A middle aged lady with IgA Nephropathy 35 minutes ago
Dear All, I wish to seek the best course of action for this 37 year old lady with IgA nephropathy struggling to achieve remission and BP contr...
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RE: Elevated Biotin in ESKD 2 hours ago
Dr Glassock, Thanks. It seems like multiple renal vitamins for dialysis patients contain 150-300mcg Biotin as well. We will be making changes at ...
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RE: Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 3 hours ago
My "gestsalt" tells me to be suspicious of the "diagnosis " of IgAN in this case - "focal" deposition of IgA and IgM without IgG and no deposits by...
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RE: Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 4 hours ago
I fully concur with Dr. Hirsch's comments about adding a diuretic (mainly chlorthalidone ) to the regimen to see if a further decrease in proteinur...
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RE: Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 5 hours ago
In terms of non-immunologic rx: Several older studies showed that instead of increasing ACEi from 20 to 40 mg, adding or increasing thiazide/lasix ...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 5 hours ago
Pizza, Chinese food, salted Chicken Soup! Fascinating menu for treatment of hyponatremia. What about a Taco with Salsa or a good old American Hot D...
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RE: Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 5 hours ago
Kind of an unusual case of "IgAN". No deposits by LM and EM but "focal" deposits of IgA without IgG. Progression of nephron loss with persistent hi...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 5 hours ago
Giving NS to a hyponatremic patient with a low urine na who appears to be euvolemic, about 100ml /hr for 6 hrs can be a diagnostic tool. If volume ...
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RE: Tablo dialysis 6 hours ago
Appreciate the discussion so far. The efficiency of the machine seems to be OK with some limitation for clearance of low mol wt toxins based on wha...
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RE: Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 6 hours ago
From an old and very conservative corner: " I do not give immunosuppression for scar tissue". Conservative management with acei/arb +/- MRA's will ...
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Choice of therapy - or none - for IgA nephropathy 7 hours ago
Dear all, My patient and I welcome your opinion regarding therapy. This 33 year old had a kidney biopsy done elsewhere in 2014 which showed I...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 7 hours ago
Your patient sounds like a case of FGF23 Tumor Induced Osteomalacia. I was actually hoping to find TIO but no luck on the Ga68-DOTATATE scan. It co...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 7 hours ago
Intact FGF23 performed by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, C-Terminal testing in progress now. eGFR ranges from 70 to 80. Vitamin D intake investigated an...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 8 hours ago
Patient total daily calcium intake averages around 1500mg to help compensate for the lost urine calcium. No suspicious CYP24A variants seen (see at...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 8 hours ago
To be clear, by "ADH -induced disease", or "ADH related etiology", I mean ADH from some other source than low volume. ---------------------------...
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RE: hypomagnesemia 8 hours ago
Dr. Hootkins. Thanks for raising the important issue of variable bioavailability of commercial preparations of Magnesium supplements. This needs to...
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RE: hypomagnesemia 9 hours ago
I am jumping on late here, so my apologies, but also remember that when replacing with oral Mg++, not all agents are equivalent. Some, such as the ...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 9 hours ago
By fiat, you can not diagnose an ADH related etiology when the U Na is low. However, patients with "SIADH" in the chronic state are in Na balance a...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 10 hours ago
I recall seeing a patient almost 30 years back with acquired hypophosphatemia (serum Phosphorus 1.3 mg/dl). Do not recall more details of the case ...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 18 hours ago
I agree- some salted chicken soup will do the trick . ------------------------------ Richard Glassock MD, FASN Laguna Woods CA (949) 388-8885 ---...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 19 hours ago
What assay for FGF23 was used- N terminal (active ) or COOH terminal (inactive fragments ). What is tge patients eGFR. Any source of exogenous Vita...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 20 hours ago
hyponatremia with a low urine Na on lasix and every other medication known to man.' Why is this not hypovolemic hypoNa? I suppose the measured...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 20 hours ago
very interesting case. Is he taking significant calcium supplements? Could be Cyp24A defect, especially with marked hypercalciuria, however, would ...
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RE: Tablo dialysis 21 hours ago
Hi Dr. Shah I am in rural southeast Iowa. We are using Tablo for Home Hemodialysis and patients love it. We have good support from Outset Medical...
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RE: chronic Hyponatremia, now hypo osmolar , euvolemic , asymptomatic, and undetsctable urine Na 23 hours ago
Cystatin C 0.9 and EGR based on that 91 ------------------------------ Sadeem Ali MD Bridgeport WV (612) 865-9067 ------------------------------
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 23 hours ago
No, but was planning to check iron levels as a next step. Thanks. ------------------------------ Michael Lavacot MS UCI Irvine CA (949) 378-7866 ...
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RE: Elevated Biotin in ESKD 1 day ago
Addendum- True biotin deficiency is quite uncommon and mainly seen in GI malabsorption states. CKD, even with dialysis therapy, is not a recogniz...
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RE: hypomagnesemia 1 day ago
As best as can be determined your patient does not have a renal magnesium wasting syndrome. Extra-renal losses, probably from the GI tract, are the...
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RE: Elevated Biotin in ESKD 1 day ago
Biotin deficiency does not occur consequent to CKD or dialysis therapy. There is no need for regular supplementation. Biotin is very safe and has n...
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RE: hypomagnesemia 1 day ago
On Amiloride and Slow Mag bid says likely underlying hypomagnesemia possible Mag loosing nephropathy.Serum Mag may not be an accurate estimate of d...
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Elevated Biotin in ESKD 1 day ago
One of HD patients part of dermatological w/u noted to have serum Biotin >3600.He is on renal vit/daily with biotin 300mg/d. Unable to find target ...
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Closing TODAY - Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire Survey 1 day ago
Today is your last chance to help with the Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire. Fellows, try to outsmart the Nephrology Program Directors by taking t...
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Closing TODAY - Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire Survey 1 day ago
Today is your last chance to help with the Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire. Nephrology Program Directors, challenge your fellows by taking the 16...
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RE: Tablo dialysis 1 day ago
Tablo is an excellent resource for small hospitals. Small foot print. Inbuilt RO system and really easy to learn and use. We have extensive exper...
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RE: Tablo dialysis 1 day ago
Good afternoon Dr. Shah, I'm Dr. Jimmy Thomas. I'm a nephrologist and currently, the Chief Medical Officer at Renasolve Inc. Renasolve focuse...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
Well said Dr. Hirsch. I fully agree tgat KT/V or URR are not sufficient Biomarkers for "adequate" dialysis. Volume control is at least of even more...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
In terms of the possibility of 2x/wk HD, we all know there is much more to dialysis than urea removal; in particular, volume and BP control as well...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
Very common issue in elderly patients, especially female, with low weight and V and well recognized and reported in the dialysis literature with co...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
We havent done a delayed BUN in her. I will get one next month-will keep one needle in after dialysis for 5 more minutes for a draw and see if ther...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
Is there a significant rebound in the BUN, say 5 minutes post HD? ------------------------------ Philip Goldwasser MD New York NY (646) 322-3303 ...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 1 day ago
Is pt getting IV iron/Injectafer --------------------------------- Shahzad Safdar MD MD Mt. Auburn Nephrology, Inc. Cincinnati OH (513) 841-02...
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RE: Hypokalemia without an obvious cause and Urine potassium appropriately low 1 day ago
Did the patient have polyuria after the urinary retention resolved? it is possible that he depleted the potassium stores before and during the admi...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
I would do 2/week dialysis if she still make some urine and UF is not too high. You can estimate the weekly kt/v from 2/week dialysis then add the ...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
I know your point Anand. I agree with you. However, Rodby's discussion is probably true for achieved Kt/V of ~ 1.3 not for ~ 2.0. Higher level ...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
I was more curious about the unusually high URR for a very modest dialysis prescription and was wondering how it was possible. Low Vd of urea as Dr...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
I would ask the patient ------------------------------ Sinasi Salman MD, FASN Northlake Nephrology Mooresville NC (704) 858-4300 ----------------...
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
Do nothing ------------------------------ Richard Glassock MD, FASN Laguna Woods CA (949) 388-8885 ------------------------------
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RE: High urea reduction ratio during hemodialysis 1 day ago
Raise your hands How many of you would switch her to twice a week HD? How many of you would decrease QD to 500 and QB to 300? How many of ...
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RE: Hypokalemia without an obvious cause and Urine potassium appropriately low 1 day ago
Urine K/Cr is 10 mmol/g Assuming this is correct, this is not consistent with renal k wasting. I would repeat it Topiramide can cause hypoK ...
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RE: Hypophosphatemia - Renal Leak, FGF23, or PTH issue? 1 day ago
@Stuart Sprague ------------------------------ Roger Rodby MD, FASN Professor of Medicine Rush University Medical Center Chicago IL (773) 505-319...
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