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Articles and journal scans about Kidneys/fluids
Journal Scan
January 2015
Estimating glomerular filtration rate
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a parameter of prime clinical significance because it defines kidney function. All those with reduced kidney function, no matter what the cause, have reduced GFR, and GFR correlates well with disease severity. The most accurate assessment of GFR is thus valuable not only for early...
Kidneys/fluids
Creatinine/urea
Journal Scan
October 2011
Point-of-care creatinine testing in radiology
The necessary administration of image-enhancing agents to patients prior to radiological investigation is associated with risk of two serious adverse effects: nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The risk only applies to those patients with renal disease, either acute kidney...
Kidneys/fluids
Point-of-care testing
Hemoglobins
Journal Scan
July 2011
Anemia treatment in CKD
Anemia, which is defined as hemoglobin (Hb) concentration
The kidneys are essential to the regulation of red-cell production and thereby maintenance of normal Hb concentration because the hormone erythropoietin, which regulates red-cell production, is synthesized in the kidneys. The usually normochromic, normocytic...
Hemoglobins
Kidneys/fluids
Journal Scan
July 2006
Lungs, kidneys and acid-base
The maintenance of normal blood pH depends crucially on synergy
of action between lungs and kidneys, so that students of acid-base
physiology must become familiar with the interrelatedness of kidney
and lung function in both health and disease.
This interrelatedness
is the central theme of a recently published review ...
Blood gases/acid-base
Kidneys/fluids