Margaret DeOliveira, MDRenal Fellow Network Co-Editor Sodium correction for hyperglycemia is a common topic but what is the physiology behind it? When patients are hyperglycemic, the serum osmolarity is higher as a result of glucose being an effective…
Welcome to the 24th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying…
Welcome to the 20th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying…
From the early physiology courses in Medical School, everyone learns to be wary of rapidly correcting serum sodium in the event of hyponatremia if its duration is chronic or unknown. But was this concern always present? In the…
Welcome to the 8th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
A free water and sodium calculator app is available for download for iOS, Android. The app was created by Daniel Batlle from Northwestern University. The app focuses on commonly used formulas for water and sodium. While there are…
A patient presents to the emergency department with complaints of pain. This is a common scenario seen over and over again in emergency rooms around the world on a daily basis. The recent crackdown on opioid prescriptions over…
Hyponatremia can be seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), often as a consequence of a patient’s increase in free water intake in the setting of the kidneys’ diminished ability to regulate sodium and water homeostasis. I…
As I prepare for my nephrology fellowship, I find that in preparing my didactics as a chief resident, I selfishly (and perhaps subconsciously) include kidney-related teaching wherever I can. During one such moment, I came across a something I…
Almost all the formulas we use in the management of the disorders of water homeostasis are derived from the Edelman equation. I am presenting where these formulas come from for the math aficionados. Edelman equation · Original…
