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*Management of pregnant patients with UTI, '''get a urine culture, treat empirically with fosfomycin, augmenting, or cefpodoxime (3rd gen)''' | *Management of pregnant patients with UTI, '''get a urine culture, treat empirically with fosfomycin, augmenting, or cefpodoxime (3rd gen)''' | ||
*Lupus nephritis is diagnosed with renal biopsy. | *Lupus nephritis is diagnosed with renal biopsy. | ||
| + | *Thiazide diuretics decrease the risk of calcium oxalate stones and calcium phosphate stones by '''increasing renal reabsorption of calcium (thereby lowering the concentration of calcium in the urine'''. | ||
Revision as of 02:01, 14 January 2023
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- Starting dialysis requires shared decision making and consideration about quality of life factors.
- No need for urine culture in non-pregnant women with UTI symptoms. Treat empirically.
- Management of pregnant patients with UTI, get a urine culture, treat empirically with fosfomycin, augmenting, or cefpodoxime (3rd gen)
- Lupus nephritis is diagnosed with renal biopsy.
- Thiazide diuretics decrease the risk of calcium oxalate stones and calcium phosphate stones by increasing renal reabsorption of calcium (thereby lowering the concentration of calcium in the urine.