Nephrology
- A paraneoplastic potassium and acid-base disturbance
A 55-year-old smoker with COPD presents with malaise, paresthesias, and severe hypertension. What is the cause?
- Laboratory tests in rheumatology: A rational approach
Negative results are not always reassuring, and false-positive results pose risks.
- Hypertension guidelines January 2019
The article Aleyadeh W, Hutt-Centeno E, Ahmed HM, Shah NP. Hypertension guidelines: treat patients, not numbers. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(1):47–56. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 contained an error.
- Emphysematous cystitis
The patient had fallen in her home and remained on the floor for 2 days until neighbors heard her cries and called 911.
- Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers
When treating high blood pressure, how low should we try to go? Debate continues.
- Renal vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
A man with membranous nephropathy presents with dyspnea, cough, and epigastric discomfort.
- 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines: Toward tighter control
Under the new defi nition (≥ 130/80 mm Hg), 46% of US adults have hypertension.
- Calcific uremic arteriolopathy
A 51-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented with extensive necrotic ulcers and eschar on both legs.
- Phosphorus binders: The new and the old, and how to choose
The pathophysiology and control of hyperphosphatemia in kidney disease, focusing on phosphorus binders.
- Phosphorus in kidney disease: Culprit or bystander?
As kidney function declines, phosphorus accumulates, but the process is complex.