Hello! I’m a 38F in good health, I workout daily and have pretty good amount of muscle mass. Few years ago a CT scan found a large 7mm stone so I started seeing a urologist. The stone is still there, it couldn’t be found during surgery?!? Anywho, since then I’ve done several 24 hour urine tests. They always come back abnormal in a few areas. Diet related mostly. This time my results were worse. The ones marked as out of range were as follows: eGFR 89 ( was 109 eight months ago) Calcium 420 Sodium 190 Magnesium 159 Phosphorus 1305 Urea nitrogen 16.71 Protein catabolic rate 1.5 Creatinine/ body ..read more

Is there some logical way to localise the lesion for the above mentioned findings? I want to know if there is some way to identify what part of glomerulus getting affected leads to the respective findings. Currently i know if podocytes are affected, the filtration slits suffer which can cause nephrotic range proteinuria. And if the endothelium is affected that can cause microscopic hematuria. Is this understanding correct? Any help regarding this topic, or how you guys have understood it will be very helpful to me! Edit- after discussing with a friend, he told me microalbuminuria is a marker ..read more

Hi all! thank you for this thread I’ll be starting nephrology this year and wanted to see what recommendations would you offer in terms of preparation ( videos, reviews and books) Thank you ! submitted by /u/cantwait2getdone [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Are there any studies that provide evidence supporting the occurance of a PIGN post covid infection? Any insight on the topic would be greatly appreciated submitted by /u/Mental-Mastodon-1691 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I want to become a nephrologist. At the moment I am trying to score a research for it. I have been trying to use AI s and what not (According to my non-nephrologist supervisor at the moment) to find some new topics to look into and may be do something but so far no luck. Could you tell me where do you read some new stuff about nephrology? Googling something I don't know is new is kinda hard and many journals are paid, so hoped I would get a tip on where to search things submitted by /u/cofused0broccoli [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hey folks, had a question regarding the OTPN's definition of KDRI(median) from this source: A Guide to Calculating and Interpreting the Kidney Donor Profle Index (KDPI) (hrsa.gov) ​ It is given that: KDRI(median) = KDRI(rao)/scaling factor, and that scaling factor is the median KDRI(rao) value among all kidney donors recovered during the previous calendar year. My question is, do we use the previous calendar year relative to today's date, or previous calendar year relative to the date of kidney donation? For instance, say a kidney was donated by a patient in 2018. Are we to use the scaling fa ..read more

Thoughts on contrast impact in healthy adults. Is there a risk of kidney damage or only with individuals who have CKD already? submitted by /u/Old_Commission9597 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Has anyone experience with IV infusion of calcium gluconate in hemodialysis patient with severe hypocalcemia? submitted by /u/CiclosporineA [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Device - Prevention of AKI related area submitted by /u/kadan5 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more