The Mountain Model of Hyponatremia
“The Mountain Model of Hyponatremia” is an educational project byJoel Topf and me.Imagine this is the clinical scenario of severe hyponatremia:You are driving in a car at the top of a mountain. (The top of the mountain is the low sodium level.) There is a forest fire behind you. (The fire represents brain swelling and seizures if the sodium level drops much lower.)Your goal is to drive safely to the bottom of the mountain. (The bottom of the mountain is a normal sodium level.)But, to be safe, you must follow the  “sodium speed limit”: a rise in sodium of 8 every 24 hours. (If you exceed this “sodiu...
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Calculators for EKFC eGFRcys, EKFC eGFRcr, and EKFC eGFRcr-cys
The most accurate race-free eGFR equation (EKFC eGFRcys) isn't yet available in EMRs or in a calculator app, sohere ’s an Apple shortcut to use on the iPhone or Mac. Also, here ’s a calculator as a Google spreadsheet of the EKFC eGFRcys, EKFC eGFRcr, and EKFC eGFRcr-cys equations. Comments/corrections are welcome. Please message @joshuaschwimmer on Twitter.Thanks to Dr. Hans Pottel for his guidance.Reference:nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203769(Yes, this is important enough to post to KidneyNotes after a break of over 5 years. Hello!)@font-face { font-family: "Ariel"; font-stretch: 50% 200%; font-styl...
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