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Uric Acid in Chronic Kidney Disease🫘. When and how to treat it? KDIGO Nephrology Journal Club infographic by Vamsidhar Veeranki

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Great points Dr. Hardik Patel 🩺💉 Also I would probably add avoid in Severe Hyponatremia And in patients with Hypovolemic Hyponatremia

🌙Starting with the definitions: Crescentic GN = 50% of Glomeruli with crescents If <50%: It is termed "Glomerulonephritis with crescents" By Carmen Avila GlomCon Fellowship

ICU Facts: There is no way you can work in a 🇺🇸 ICU without hearing the expression "the patient is maxed out on pressors". This means that the pt is on the maximal dose of pressors (usually norepi) allowed by the institutional protocol Even though the “maximum dose” of pressors

Is IV contrast associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury? We say no. In our review article, we analyzed data from nearly 26,000 patients, of whom nearly 16,000 received IV contrast. The rates of AKI were nearly identical - 6.4% versus 6.5%.

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In a large cohort of patients seen in routine clinical practice, risk for severe and non severe UTI events among those initiating SGLT2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) therapy was similar to that among patients initiating treatment with other second-line antidiabetic medications ca. 2019 from

IV fluids are beneficial in MOST diseases... ... Is one of the biggest misconceptions of modern medicine. Remember, IV fluids are just salt and water. If I told you that your septic shock would be cured by a little bit more salt-water (maybe 5 teaspoons vs. 3) you would laugh

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Inhalational N-Acetylcysteine is dangerous in seriously ill in-patients. Inhalational NAC causes bronchospasm Inhalational NAC worsens asthma Inhalational NAC makes it harder to breath. If you order Inhalational NAC you are a part of the problem

🎉 Excited to share our mini-glomerular disease series on StatPearls.com! 🔹 4 PubMed-indexed, free, and continuously updated chapters 🔹 A multi-institutional collaboration 🔹 Fellows gain first-author experience 🔹 All content reviewed by field experts A great resource and

Good morning. 1. No role for glutathione in any liver disease. Glutathione is not specifically "approved" for the treatment of liver disease. Use of glutathione is mostly "fringe science" from "health influencers." 2. Only off-label use of ursodiol/UDCA in cholestatic hepatitis

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🧵 ANA Testing in Rheumatology — Masterclass for Doctors & MedTwitter 1/ 📢 What’s ANA? ANA = Anti-Nuclear Antibodies. It’s a surrogate marker for >50 nuclear antigens (Ro, Sm, dsDNA, La, Scl-70, etc). ✅ Can be positive in many CTDs ❌ Positive ≠ disease ❌ Negative ≠ rule

The Tesla story teaches us something profound: Sometimes the biggest risks... Aren't the ones you take. But the ones you don't take when you had the chance.

Blood pressure-lowering efficacy of antihypertensive drugs and their combinations: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

2025 CDC guidelines for treatment of tuberculosis. Ethambutol is out. Moxiflixacin is in.