Clinical Knowledge Question Results

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Medical Associations	29	6	3
Infectious Emergencies in Patients With Diabetes	8	1	1
Creatinine phosphokinase levels are often elevated. ... MRI scanning is more sensitive at picking up soft tissue abnormalities.27 CT ... has been with an antipseudomonal penicillin and an aminoglycoside for 4–6 weeks. ... Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a necrotizing gas-producing infection of the renal parenchyma,
journal.diabetes.org
Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Chronic Renal	7	1	1
Despite the frequency of renal impairment as a result of diabetes, ... an uncontaminated urine specimen are collected and submitted for culture and sensitivity. ... If enterococcal infection is suspected on the basis of the urine Gram stain, .... cystitis in patients with a low creatinine clearance. Aminoglycosides
cjasn.asnjournals.org
Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Complicated with Extrarenal Abscesses	6	1	1
Repeated surgical drainage of the renal and the extra renal abscesses ... After 48 hours his blood culture grew E.Coli sensitive to gentamicin and ... The typical laboratory findings include Hyperglycemia, high WBC, high Urea and creatinine with pyorrhea. ... Evans J. Bacterial urinary tract infection in diabetes.
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Case Study: Infections in Diabetes Mellitus	4	1	0
Because of the high incidence of often unsuspected upper tract infection, a 7- to 14-day ... Other renal infections that are more common in individuals with diabetes include ... Patients with diabetes clearly have an elevated risk of infected ... penicillin and an aminoglycoside to which the organism was sensitive.
spectrum.diabetesjournals.org
Aminoglycoside Prescribing and Surveillance in Cystic Fibrosis	2	1	0
laboratory models of P. aeruginosa sputum infection suggest that higher peak levels ... However, renal failure characterized by elevated creatinine and urea ... diabetes, and secondary hyperaldosteronism being contributory factors. .... However, the surveillance tests used were again not sensitive enough to
ajrccm.atsjournals.org
Kidney-Specific Proteins in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac	2	1	0
Exclusion criteria were renal insufficiency (serum creatinine >150 ... insulin-dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, ... diuretics, and other nephrotoxic substances (e.g., aminoglycosides). ..... Alpha1-microglobulin as a marker of proximal tubular damage in urinary tract infection in children.
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Use of Ciprofloxacin versus Use of Aminoglycosides for Therapy	0	0	0
and increased creatinine level. (>1.8 mg/dl) versus norma; renal function. These parameters .... Diabetes mellitus. 24 (9). 21 (6). NS. Immunosuppressedb ..... aminoglycosides, and 6 were persistent infection with a sensitive organism
aac.asm.org
Level as Measures of Renal Function Creatinine Clearance or ...	0	0	0
ClCr, whether patients have normal or elevated plasma creatinine levels (Fig 1). Those findings highlight the greater sensitivity of estimated ClCr in
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Acute Renal Failure	0	0	0
Toxic (eg, intravenous contrast, aminoglycosides, ... Interstitium: acute interstitial nephritis, infection (bilateral ... has poor sensitivity and specificity. An elevated creatine phosphokinase may suggest rhabdomyolysis. .... ficiency (CRI), diabetes mellitus, obe- sity, and jaundice are important risk factors.
jama.ama-assn.org
Caring for a Patient With Listeria Endocarditis: Use of Antibiotic	0	0	0
Patients who have diabetes, cardiovascular or renal impairment, cancer, high iron stores, ... and platelet count 191 x 109/L. His coagulation times were elevated: ... Serum levels of urea nitrogen and creatinine were 8.9 mmol/L (25 mg/dL) and 168 ... and sensitivity of the isolate to ampicillin and gentamicin.
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