What are the 5 P’s of CKD? Keep track of your kidney data with PKB So. What are the 5 P’s (principles) of CKD care? Pressure (blood, BP) Keep it normal/low – 130/80 or below all the time – especially with an ACE/ARB (ACE inhibitor (e.g. Ramipril) or angiotensin receptor antagonist (e.g. Losartan)), in most […]
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Type of drug: thiazide diuretic Use: fluid overload states (including CKD and nephrotic syndrome); hypertension
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Type of drug: water tablet (loop diuretic) Use: fluid overload states (including CKD and nephrotic syndrome)
20 diseases named after people (eponyms) In this article, we will describe 20 diseases named after people (eponyms). They are in alphabetical order. 1. Addison’s disease Guy’s Hospital was apparently the place to work in the 19th century if you wanted to have a disease named after you. Thomas Addison, a colleague of Bright and
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What is hyponatraemia? Hyponatraemia means a low sodium level in the blood. Sodium levels are very closely linked to fluid levels, as sodium is the primary extracellular electrolyte – as opposed to potassium which is intracellular. Patients may be hypovolaemic (‘dry’), hypervolaemic (‘wet’) or euvolaemic (‘in the middle’). Hyponatraemia is commonly seen both in the
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Can changing my diet benefit my kidneys? Can I eat bananas? In this article we go through 12 of the best foods for CKD patients, including bananas! Eating and drinking and pleasure Eating and drinking are major pleasures in life. If you have CKD, you can still have those pleasures. But there are foods that
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What is furosemide? Type of drug: water tablet (loop diuretic) Use: fluid overload states (including CKD and nephrotic syndrome) Dose: 40 mg once a day to 120 mg twice a day, or 250 mg once a day (40 mg once a day is a typical dose) Side-effects: Dehydration – shown by dizziness and low blood pressure
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What is bendroflumethiazide? Type of drug: thiazide diuretic Use: fluid overload states (including CKD and nephrotic syndrome); hypertension Dose: 2.5-10 mg once a day (5 mg is the standard dose) Side-effects: Dehydration – shown by dizziness and low blood pressure Hyponatraemia, hypokalaemia and hypercalcaemia (low sodium and potassium levels; high calcium level) – that you
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Who should be referred to a nephrologist? People with CKD Stage 4 primarily. That is the short answer. You should see a kidney specialist, called a nephrologist, if your eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate, the key measure of kidney function) is less than 30 mls/min. This is Stage 4 CKD. The creatinine blood test is likely to
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What are the 10 complications of CKD? 1. Acute kidney injury (AKI) 2. Fluid overload and high potassium level 3. High blood pressure and high cholesterol 4. Heart and brain disease 5. Renal anaemia 6. Renal bone disease 7. Renal acidosis (and malnutrition) 8. Peripheral neuropathy and myopathy 9. Malignancy (cancer) 10. End-stage renal failure
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