Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Explain the possible underlying mechanisms of edema, hypertension, oliguria and renal insufficiency and apply them to clinical presentations.
• Explain the primary mechanisms responsible for hypernatremia, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypokalemia and metabolic acidosis and apply them to clinical presentations.
• Choose and then analyze laboratory tests which would permit you to investigate systematically each of your hypotheses.
• Explain the mechanisms of action of diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blocking (ARB) agents and apply them to appropriate clinical scenarios.
• Describe the mechanisms of the anemia observed in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease.
• Describe and apply the paradigm of pre-renal, renal and post-renal processes that can lead to acute kidney injury.

Assessments

• MF2 CAE 1

Tags

Medical Foundation 2 Part 2 Renal Week 3 Part 2 Week 3 Acute Kidney Injury (Anuria or Oliguria) Chronic Kidney Injury Hypertension Acute Kidney Injury [C13.351.968.419.780.050] Glomerular Filtration Rate [G08.852.397] Hypertension [C14.907.489] Hypertension, Renal [C14.907.489.631] Kidney Diseases [C12.777.419] Kidney Diseases [C13.351.968.419] Kidney Failure [C12.777.419.780.500] Kidney Failure, Acute [C12.777.419.780.500.205] Kidney Failure, Chronic [C12.777.419.780.500.602] Kidney Failure, Chronic [C13.351.968.419.780.750.500] Kidney Function Tests [E01.370.390.400] Kidney Glomerulus [A05.810.453.736.520] Kidney [A05.810.453]