Clinical Knowledge Question Results

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Aarogya - The Wellness Site - Chronic Renal Failure	7	1	1
What is chronic renal failure? If I have been diagnosed with chronic ... Diabetes can damage the kidneys capacity to filter blood and excrete waste products in the urine. ... The total amount of creatinine excreted in 24hrs is estimated. ... renal failure are sensitive both to volume expansion and contraction and
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Urinary Tract Infection/Urosepsis	3	1	0
Change in status of comorbid illness: diabetes – hyperglycemia. ASSESSMENT. • General appearance ... Less sensitive than microscopic exam ... Elevated WBC with left shift – supports bacterial infection ... Renal function – estimate creatinine clearance ... discontinue aminoglycoside. - Duration of therapy 14 days.
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PDI	2	1	0
The relationship between renal disease and hearing loss is controversial. ... hearing thresholds and duration of renal failure, urea and creatinine levels and ... erythromycin and aminoglycosides for peritonitis and exit site infection was ... 6 polycystic kidney disease, 4 systemic lupus erythematosis, 2 diabetes,
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Aminoglycosides - Dosing table	1	1	0
If the patient is >65yo and creatinine<1, use 1 to calculate the creatinine clearance ... (h) Laboratory tests: gram stains, culture and sensitivity results, CBC & diff, ... Risk factors for Nephrotoxicity: Age, renal insufficiency, elevated trough ... (9) Being used for synergy for staph or strept infection. .
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Acute Renal Disease, as Defined by the RIFLE Criteria	0	0	0
Acute renal injury was defined as a twofold increase in serum creatinine in the 2 ... Pre-OLT factors such as gender, age, diabetes mellitus (fasting blood glucose > 7 ... such as aminoglycoside use, cytomegalovirus infection/disease, .... unit according to RIFLE: Model application, sensitivity, and predictability.
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Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice	0	0	0
Tularemia Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Chronic Renal ... He also had hypertension and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus since the age of 7. His last serum creatinine, 4 weeks before this admission, was 3.5 mg/dL. ... The Francisella was sensitive to gentamicin and doxycycline but resistant to vancomycin.	Subscription
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Pyelonephritis: Medical Topics: First Consult	0	0	0
24 Aug 2007 ... Dipstick testing for markers of infection or renal disease .... May also be raised by drugs (aminoglycosides, lithium, .... Have a high degree of suspicion if blood sugar is elevated and follow-up with further diabetes testing ..... Dose reduction necessary if creatinine clearance is less then .
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Archives of Disease in Childhood -	0	0	0
by the time taken for bacterial strains to lose sensitivity to aminoglycosides. ... The mechanisms of aminoglycoside induced renal damage are understood to be as ... [11] One previous study that documented normal serum creatinine levels ... of pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.	Subscription
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Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure	0	0	0
Aminoglycoside-induced acute renal failure occurs typically 5 days after drug ... after exposure, especially in individuals who are dehydrated, have diabetes mellitus, or have ... results from immune-mediated drug sensitivity or infection. ... An elevated serum creatinine level (Scr) can result from the increased
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PPG LISTS Tests and significance	0	0	0
Streptococcal upper airway infection, acute rheumatic fever, ..... CREATININE (serum). Elevated in:. Renal insufficiency (acute and chronic) ...... -Drugs (aminoglycosides and other antibiotics, diuretics, lithium, .... Diabetes mellitus, renal glycosuria (decreased renal threshold for glucose), glucose intolerance
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