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An estimate of how much blood the kidneys filter per minute, calculated from a blood test. It is an estimate rather than a measurement, and a single l...
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An estimate of how much blood the kidneys filter per minute, calculated from a blood test. Key takeaways Calculated from: creatinine, age and sex; rac...
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Dietary adjustments in kidney disease, which differ sharply by stage. General healthy-eating advice can be actively wrong in advanced kidney disease,...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Diet and Kidney Disease
Dietary adjustments in kidney disease, which differ sharply by stage. Key takeaways Early CKD: usually standard healthy eating plus less sodium Advanc...
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A sudden fall in kidney function over hours or days, usually triggered by another illness. It is common, frequently preventable, and many community ca...
Continue Reading : A Working Checklist for Acute Kidney Injury
A sudden fall in kidney function over hours or days, usually triggered by another illness. Key takeaways Usual triggers: dehydration, infection, and m...
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Fat accumulating in liver cells, now most often called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). It is one of the most common...
Continue Reading : Fatty Liver Disease: A Practical Checklist
Fat accumulating in liver cells, now most often called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Key takeaways Strongly associ...
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Liver damage caused by sustained alcohol intake, progressing from fatty liver through alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis . Early stages are silent and r...
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Liver damage caused by sustained alcohol intake, progressing from fatty liver through alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis . Key takeaways US dietary guid...
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A panel of blood tests reflecting liver injury and liver function. They are often abnormal for harmless reasons and often normal in significant diseas...
Continue Reading : Liver Function Tests: A Practical Checklist
A panel of blood tests reflecting liver injury and liver function. Key takeaways Common components: ALT, AST, ALP, GGT, bilirubin, albumin ALT and AST...
Continue Reading : Liver Function Tests: The Questions People Actually Ask Viral infections of the liver that can persist for decades without symptoms. Hepatitis C is now curable in most people with a short course of pills, a...
Continue Reading : The Hepatitis B and C Checklist: What to Do and What to Skip
Viral infections of the liver that can persist for decades without symptoms. Key takeaways Hepatitis C: curable in the great majority with direct-acti...
Continue Reading : Hepatitis B and C: Common Questions Answered Advanced scarring of the liver, in which functioning tissue is replaced by fibrous tissue. It is not reversible, but progression can be halted and man...
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