03048nam 2200517 450 991044631890332120230808191824.01-4963-4784-6(CKB)3710000000597571(SSID)ssj0001613613(PQKBManifestationID)16338629(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001613613(PQKBWorkID)14914436(PQKB)11335000(MiAaPQ)EBC4850673(Au-PeEL)EBL4850673(CaPaEBR)ebr11380403(OCoLC)946069325(EXLCZ)99371000000059757120170519h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrNephrology rounds /David J. LeeheyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :Wolters Kluwer,2016.©20161 online resource (174 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4963-1970-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.How is the urinalysis helpful in patients with kidney disease? -- How should changes in plasma creatinine be interpreted? -- What is a fractional excretion (and how does measuring it help in clinical practice)? -- What is the urine albumin to creatinine ratio? (or is it protein to creatinine ratio?) -- What is the meaning of the urine to plasma creatinine ratio? -- Is it helpful to diagnose a triple acid-base disturbance? (or is it just a mental exercise?) -- Why are disorders of sodium concentration so difficult? -- What is free water clearance and how useful is it? -- How does one interpret the urine anion gap and urine osmolal gap? -- Is it 'acute renal failure' or 'acute kidney injury'? -- What exactly is dialysis and when is it needed? -- When does metabolic acidosis require treatment with bicarbonate? -- Is there any advantage to colloids vs. crystalloids for volume repletion? -- Is computed tomography (CT) with contrast or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with contrast preferred in patients with chronic kidney disease? -- Is there a risk to rapidly lowering the plasma potassium in patients with hyperkalemia? -- Should calcium-based phosphate binders be used in patients with chronic kidney disease? -- Which renal cysts require follow-up evaluation? -- Are renin angiotensin aldosterone system blockers friends or foes of the kidneys? -- Does a patient with a mild decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) really have a disease? -- Why are kidney stones a nephrologic as well as a urologic disease?.KidneysDiseasesDiagnosisKidneysDiseasesTreatmentKidneysDiseasesDiagnosis.KidneysDiseasesTreatment.616.61075Leehey David J.1043823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446318903321Nephrology rounds2469062UNINA