By The Numbers
Critical Kidneys
Alliterative Answers
Transplant
Potpourri
100
mEq of Na in 1 liter of 8.4% sodium bicarb
What is 1000mEq?
(1mEq/ml)
100
The ideal dialysate flow rate in CVVHD (theoretical with no interruptions of therapy)
What is 20-25 ml/kg/h?
100
Should be kept below 20% to prevent membrane clogging
What is filtration fraction?
100
This medication was first isolated in soil samples from Easter Island
What is Rapamycin or Sirolimus?
100
The winner of the 2025 superbowl
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
200
In nephrotic syndrome, below this level of albumin anticoagulation should be considered
What is 2.5?
200
First-line therapy for scleroderma renal crisis.
What are ACE inhibitors?
200
Can effect the kidneys through hyperuricemia, hypercalcemia, light chain casts, light chain deposition, light chain tubulopathy, and/or amyloidosis
What is multiple myeloma?
200
This disease is associated with antiGBM glomerulonephritis post-transplant.
What is Alport syndrome?
200
The goal serum bicarb level in CKD patients according to the 2024 KDIGO guidelines.
What is >18mEq/L?
300
The BP goal in APCKD in someone younger than 50 and a GFR >60
What is <110/75
300
Intoxication that can present as ketosis without anion gap but an osmolar gap
What is isopropyl alcohol intoxication?
(breaks down into acetone, a weak acid)
300
Causative agent in Bulkan Endemic Nephropathy
What is aristolochic acid?
300
Medication that should be avoided in EBV seronegative transplant patients
What is Belatacept?
300
Fever, itching, nausea, low blood pressure, headaches within 30 minutes of starting dialysis
What is a type A dialyzer reaction?
400
This predialysis range of potassium is associated with the lowest risk of sudden cardiac death in ESRD patients.
What is 5-5.5 mmol/L
400
The finding in this patient with acute onset left flank pain and HTN
What is Page Kidney?
400
*Dysregulation of this leads to atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
What is the complement cascade?
400
In liver disease, this is the minimum duration of dialysis required to qualify for SLK.
What is 6 weeks?
400
*PET test D/P Cr ratio range for high average transporter
What is 0.66-0.8? (Will accept 0.65)
500
When using a mineralocorticoid receptor agonist to treat primary hyperaldosteronism, you increase your dose to target this potassium level.
What is 4.5 mEq/L
500
In ethylene glycol poisoning, this is the anion gap where KRT is recommended.
What is >27?
500
Inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase which decreases de novo synthesis of guanosine nucleotides
What is Mycophenolate mofetil?
500
This medication, used to treat mycobacterial infections, interacts with baseline renal transplant immunosuppression.
What if rifampin?
500
The vasopressor that can worsen hyperkalemia.
What is phenylephrine (neosynephrine)?
(Alpha agonism causes K to shift out of cells)