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2024年5月13日 · You are feeling like it’s probably cardiorenal, and you do want to diurese, but the degree of her AKI is making your team a little queasy about just pulling the trigger and how to manage her other medications.

2023年8月16日 · Pearl 3: AKI in patients post-transplant. Assess acute kidney injury in the transplant patient similar to how it is assessed in patients with native kidneys! Tacrolimus can be nephrotoxic. Thus, we aim for trough levels within the therapeutic window. Pearl 4: Infections in patients post-transplant.

2018年5月16日 · Could fluid administration just be preventing hypotension-induced AKI and not really represent a protective measure against contrast-induced AKI? Are these studies findings true for patients with high risk features (CKD, proteinuria etc)?

How can we use Oxaam's razor & Hickman's dictum as powerful diagnostic tools IF used properly?Show notes, Transcript and References: https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2023/02/15/25438/Use promo code COREIM for 1 month of free access to Glass Pro at https://glass.health/coreim (https://glass.health/coreim) Time stamps* 01:51 Intro* 07:57 Case * 13: ...

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2018年8月1日 · Vancomycin nephrotoxicity is defined by the IDSA as an increase in creatinine of 0.5mg/dL or by more than 50%, whichever is bigger. Vancomycin causes nephrotoxicity through two mechanisms: acute interstitial nephritis (an allergic reactions) or renal tubular damage from oxidative stress.

2018年5月16日 · Most data suggest that CIN is a disease entity almost entirely reserved for patients undergoing intra-arterial contrast loads, and not intra-venous contrast loads. The incidence of AKI after arterial contrast ranges anywhere from 5 …

2017年4月6日 · Prior studies have linked contrast media with the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) and has been linked to increased risk of major adverse events including the initiation of dialysis, renal failure, stroke, myocardial infarction and death.

2018年2月22日 · Management of AKI requires an in-depth understanding of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis, as well as appropriate use of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the acute setting. In this Core Curriculum, we review key principles regarding the diagnosis and general management of AKI for clinicians.