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Do you manage the renal impact of #covid19 on general wards?

My summarised recommendations on;
✅ AKI
✅ Volume status
✅ ACEi
✅ Transplant & dialysis patients

taken from @RenalAssoc, #eraedta, #nephjc & @UpToDate

= lots of relevant info in 8 tweets👇

#medtwitter #covid4mds
AKI 1

✅ Many potential factors;
✔️hypovolaemia due to fever / GI symptoms
✔️sepsis & cytokine release
✔️rhabdo, even without myalgia; check CK!
✔️direct viral tubule invasion?
✅ Low grade proteinuria & haematuria common
✅ Don’t miss ‘usual’ post-renal AKI; bladder scan +- US
Volume status

Assessment not easy at best of times!

Balance of maintaining volume to prevent AKI & avoiding hypervolaemia which impairs oxygenation in ARDS

🟠 UK Renal Assoc - “target euvolaemia”

🟠 Uptodate - “fluid goals conservative as per ARDS criteria” but individualise
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