Nephrology

Gastroenterology

Questions discussed in this category

Do you avoid peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with ascites?

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How do you approach the management of a patient with an ileostomy who has recurrent prerenal AKI episodes that improve with IV fluids but worsen with each attempt to transition to oral fluids alone?

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Do you take any special considerations for a patient with ESKD who has an ileostomy/colostomy and wishes to start peritoneal dialysis?

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Do you avoid terlipressin for patients with hepatorenal syndrome who have an elevated bilirubin level?

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Is there a serum ammonium level for which you recommend initiation of dialysis in a patient with hepatic encephalopathy?

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How do you counsel patients who experience diarrhea from mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept)?

Do you generally recommend anti-diarrheals, dietary modifications, or consider this an unacceptable side effect and move to other therapies?

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Do you avoid terlipressin for patients with hepatorenal syndrome who have a serum sodium level less than 125 mEq/L?

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What is your treatment algorithm for management of retroperitoneal fibrosis that does not respond to high-dose glucocorticoids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Therapeutic drug monitoring, 2022 Jun 01

Drug-Drug Interactions Between Mycophenolic Acid and Proton Pump Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Mar 04

Terlipressin plus Albumin for the Treatment of Type 1 Hepatorenal Syndrome.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2023 Oct 17

How We Treat Hyperammonemia in Acute Liver Failure.

Medicine, 2016 Jan

Peritoneal Dialysis is Associated With A Better Survival in Cirrhotic Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Clinical nephrology, 2011 Oct

Outcome of peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with end-stage renal disease: a 24-years' experience in Taiwan.

The American journal of medicine, 1992 Jul

Peritoneal dialysis in end-stage renal disease patients with preexisting chronic liver disease and ascites.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2002 Jul

Outcome of peritoneal dialysis in cirrhotic patients with chronic renal failure.

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