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The WikiDoc Living Textbook of Kidney and Urologic Diseases
Introduction
Click Here For A Complete Listing Of All Chapters In The Living Textbook Of Kidney And Urologic Disease In Alphabetical Order
Click Here For Status Update Of Kidney and Urologic Disease
| Organ System Project |
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| Leaders & Members |
| Meetings’ Summary |
System leader: Maneesha Nandimandalam, MD
Status Updates
| Resident survival guide Progress | |
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| Completed | 15 |
| In progress | 6 |
| Remaining | 3 |
| Primary care chapter Progress | |
| Completed | 12 |
| In progress | 6 |
| Remaining | 5 |
Primary Care Topics
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| Specialty | Topic | Author | Status | Resident Survival Guide Page | Author | Status |
| Nephrology | Acute kidney injury | Farima kahe | Complete | Acute kidney failure resident survival guide | Kanwal Khmuani | Needs some review |
| Nephrology | Acidosis | Carlos | Needs review | Acidosis resident survival guide | P | |
| Nephrology | Alkalosis | Mydah | In progress | Alkalosis resident survival guide | Needs content | |
| Nephrology | Hyperkalemia | Jogeeth Singh | Complete | Hyperkalemia resident survival guide | Mahmoud | Complete |
| Nephrology | Hypokalemia | Cafer Zorkun | Needs some content | Hypokalemia resident survival guide | Complete | |
| Nephrology | Hypernatremia | Feham Tariq | Complete | Hypernatremia resident survival guide | Mounika (Ahmed’s scholar) | Being reviewed |
| Nephrology | Hyponatremia | Needs content | Hyponatremia resident survival guide | Priyamvada | Complete | |
| Nephrology | Metabolic acidosis | Sidra Kalsoom | Needs review | Metabolic acidosis resident survival guide | Ogheneochuko | Complete |
| Nephrology | Metabolic alkalosis | Marufa Marium | Needs review | Metabolic alkalosis resident survival guide | Marufa Marium | Needs English Review |
| Nephrology | Respiratory acidosis | Nasrin | Assigned needs content | Respiratory acidosis resident survival guide | Qasim Khurshid | Needs English Review |
| Nephrology | Respiratory alkalosis | Complete | Respiratory alkalosis resident survival guide | Rinky Agnes | Needs review | |
| Nephrology | Nephrolithiasis | Amandeep Singh | Complete | Nephrolithiasis resident survival guide | Complete | |
| Nephrology | Nocturia | Sivakrishna Kumar, Nasrin | Needs Review | Nocturia resident survival guide | Sidra | In progress |
| Nephrology | Polyuria | Amandeep Singh | Complete | Polyuria resident survival guide | Zaida | In progress |
| Nephrology | Renal artery stenosis | Shivam Singla | Assigned | Renal artery stenosis resident survival guide | Karol | Complete |
| Nephrology | Hematuria | Sivakrishna Kumar | Needs review | Hematuria resident survival guide | Tayyaba Ali | Needs English review |
| Nephrology | Dysuria | Nabeel | In progress | Dysuria resident survival guide | Rinky | Complete |
| Nephrology | Flank pain | Samantha Salomun | In progress | Flank pain resident survival guide | Qasim Khurshid | Needs English review |
| Nephrology | Urinary tract infection | Usama Talib | Complete | Urinary tract infection resident survival guide | Complete | |
| Nephrology | Pyuria | Sadaf | Complete | Pyuria resident survival guide | Ibtisam Ashraf | Needs English Review |
| Nephrology | Hypertension | Usama Talib | Complete | Hypertension resident survival guide | Complete | |
| Nephrology | Edema | Mydah | Complete | Edema resident survival guide | Sara zand | In progress |
| Nephrology | Urinary retention | Luke Orazem | Assigned(Sidra Kalsoom) | Urinary retention resident survival guide | Kanwal Khmuani | Needs English review |
| Nephrology | Urinary incontinence | Maneesha | In progress | Urinary incontinence resident survival guide | Maneesha | Complete |
Status Update
| Progress | |
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| Completed | 35 |
| In progress | 4 |
| Remaining | 37 |
List of Chapters Requiring Content
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Assingned | Ayesha FJ | Sogand | ||||
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Assigned | Marufa Marium | Maneesha |
In progress chapters
| Category | Chapters that need content | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
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| Kidney diseases | Cardiorenal syndrome | Assigned | Dina | Huda | |||
| Analgesic nephropathy | Assigned | Shakiba | Elsaiey,Ahmed | Yes | Not done | ||
| HIV associated nephropathy | Assigned | Shakiba | Elsaiey,Ahmed | Yes | Not done | ||
| Milk-alkali syndrome | Assigned | Shakiba | Elsaiey,Ahmed | Yes | Not done | ||
| Bartter syndrome | Assigned | Tayyaba | Huda | Yes | Not done | ||
Completed chapters
| Category | Chapters | Assignment Status | Scholar’s name | Coach name | Completion Status | Review status | Reviewer name |
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| Kidney diseases | Electrolyte imbalance (LP) | Mehdi | Yes | Done | Mehrian | ||
| Hyponatremia | Saeedeh | Yes | Done | Mahshid | |||
| Hypernatremia | Feham | Yes | Done | Elsaiey | |||
| Hypokalemia | Rc-Aida | Yes | Done | Mahshid | |||
| Hyperkalemia | Jogeet | Yes | Done | Amandeep | |||
| Hypocalcemia | Krishna | Yes | Done | Hasan | |||
| Hypercalcemia | Anmol | Yes | Done | Sudarshana Datta | |||
| Glomerular Disease(LP) | Mehrian | Yes | Done | Farima | |||
| Lupus Nephritis | Aida/ Omer | Yes | Done | Iqra | |||
| Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis | Nazia / Jogeet | Yes | Done | Aditya | |||
| Membranous glomerulonephritis | Sunny/ Seyd | Yes | Done | Amandeep | |||
| Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis | rc Arash | Yes | Done | Aditya | |||
| IgA nephropathy | Dildar | Yes | Done | Mehrian | |||
| Goodpasture syndrome | Akshun | Yes | Done | Farima | |||
| Amyloidosis (LP) | Shamila | Yes | Done | Mehrian | |||
| Primary amyloidosis | |||||||
| Secondary amyloidosis | |||||||
| Familial amyloidosis | |||||||
| Wild-type(senile) amyloidosis | |||||||
| Cardiac amyloidosis | |||||||
| Beta-2 microglobulin related amyloidosis | |||||||
| Gelsolin related amyloidosis | |||||||
| C3 glomerulopathy | Vindhya | Yes | Done | ||||
| Bladder cancer | Farima Kahe | Yes | Done | ||||
| Hydronephrosis | Chandra | Yes | Done | Aditya | |||
| Kidney stone | Amandeep | Yes | Done | Aditya | |||
| Polycystic kidney disease | Khurram | Yes | Done | Anmol | |||
| Nephritic syndrome | Dildar | Yes | Done | Mehrian | |||
| Nephrotic syndrome | Mehrian | Yes | Done | Sadaf | |||
| Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis | Manpreet | Yes | Done | Mehrian | |||
| Renal cell carcinoma | Farima | Yes | Done | Anmol | |||
| Renal osteodystrophy | |||||||
| Renal tubular acidosis | Aditya | Yes | Done | Sargun | |||
| Renal vein thrombosis | Saeedeh | Yes | Done | Mehdi | |||
| Wilms’ tumor | Sargun | Yes | Done | Farima |
KIDNEY EMBRYOLOGY
KIDNEY EMBRYOLOGY
Pronephros | Mesonephros | Metanephros | Ureteric bud | Nephron | Collecting system | Vasculature
KIDNEY ANATOMY
KIDNEY ANATOMY
A. Nephron
i) Glomerulus: Podocytes | Endothelial cells | Mesangial cells | Glomerular basement membrane | Bowman capsule
ii) Juxtaglomerular Apparatus: Juxtaglomerular granular cells | Extraglomerular mesangium | Macula densa
iii) Proximal Tubule: Pars convoluta | Pars recta
iv) Loop of Henle: Descending loop | Thick Ascending Limb | Thin Ascending Limb
B. Collecting Ducts
Cortical Collecting Duct | Outer Medullary Collecting Duct | Inner Medullary Collecting Duct
C. Interstitium
Medullary Interstitium | Cortical Interstitium
D. Lymphatics
E. Vasculature
F. Innervation
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
B. Glomerular Ultrafiltration: Determinants of Glomerular Ultrafiltration | Regulation of Glomerular Ultrafiltration
C. Blood Pressure Regulation
D. Markers of Glomerular Function: Renal Clearance | Inulin clearance | Creatinine clearance | Cockroft-Gault Formula | Urea | Cystatin C | Other biomarkers
E. Markers of tubular function and Damage: LDH | Kim-1