Nephrology

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Health care professionals working in Nephrology will benefit from clinical calculators and decision support tools found in Calculate by QxMD.

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A selection of relevant tools includes

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eGFR (MDRD, CKD-EPI, Cockcroft-Gault)

Water deficit in Hypernatremia

Osmolal Gap in Potential Overdoses

Estimate the risk dialysis after angiography or cardiovascular surgery

Estimate 6 month mortality of hemodialysis

Assess home dialysis (HHD and PD) candidacy using MATCH-D

Calculate creatine clearance based on a 24 hour urine collection

Calculate fractional excretion of sodium or fractional excretion of urea

Calculate URR and Kt/V in dialysis patients

Estimate the risk of progression in membranous nephropathy

Calculate TTKG (transtubular potassium gradient)

Henderson-Hasselbach equation

Calculate access recirculation

Adjust phenytoin levels in renal failure