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What is your approach to bisphosphonate use in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and osteoporosis?

Do you have a preference between an ACEI and ARB when initiating therapy for a patient with diabetic kidney disease, albuminuria, and hypertension?

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Do you take any special considerations when working up a pregnant patient for secondary causes of hypertension?

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What are some practical tips in distinguishing between metabolic bone disease due to chronic kidney disease and osteoporosis?

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At what eGFR do you typically refer for vein mapping for a patient with advanced CKD who prefers hemodialysis when indicated?

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How many days prior to surgery do you recommend stopping SGLT2 inhibitors and when is it safe to resume therapy?

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Do you counsel patients to take antihypertensives at specific times of day to maximize efficacy or minimize side effects?

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What is your systolic blood pressure target for patients over 80 with frailty and multiple comorbidities?

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How do you use NT-proBNP in patients with chronic kidney disease or end-stage kidney disease, given that these conditions can affect NT-proBNP levels?

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What factors influence your decision to start salt tablets, urea, or a vaptan first in the management of a patient diagnosed with SIADH?

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What is your approach to preventing exercise-associated hyponatremia?

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Do you recommend fluid restriction in addition to other management strategies for patients with hyponatremia due to SIADH?

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How do you reconcile the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) with the diagnostic benefit of contrasted CT in patients with AKI/CKD?

Does your approach change with venous vs arterial contrast?

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Would you start an SGLT2 inhibitor in patients with diabetic kidney disease who also have a history of prior toe amputation?

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Do you recommend initiating an ACE inhibitor or ARB in a patient with proteinuric CKD Stage 5?

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Would you recommend starting an SGLT2 inhibitor in a proteinuric CKD patient with chronic asymptomatic bacteriuria?

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Should GLP1 R agonists be used as first line glucose lowering agents in patients with ESKD and DM2?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann Intern Med, 2019 Jul 30

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and the Risk for Severe Urinary Tract Infections: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Kidney international. Supplement, 2002 Dec

Comparative effects of ACE inhibition and angiotensin II receptor blockade in the prevention of renal damage.

JAMA internal medicine, 2014 May

Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers on all-cause mortality, cardiovascular deaths, and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis.

JACC. Heart failure, 2024 Aug 31

Natriuretic Peptides, Kidney Function, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2021 Feb 08

Safety of Oral Bisphosphonates in Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Kidney Disease: A Binational Cohort Analysis.

Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 2022 Jun 10

Clinical utility of bone turnover markers in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Drugs & aging, 2001

Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET): protocol for the main trial.

Circulation research, 2019 Mar 29

Hypertension Management in Older and Frail Older Patients.

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