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Snapshot A 22-year-old man presents to the emergency department after a crush injury to

Snapshot A 22-year-old woman presents with dysuria, pyuria, and increased urinary frequency. She reports

Snapshot A 10-year-old girl with a past medical history of epilepsy presents to the

Overview Introduction Most small substances are freely filtered by the glomerulus meaning filtration is in general

Snapshot A 68-year-old man presents to the emergency room with a 2-day history of

Overview Snapshot A 46-year-old man with a history of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis presents with

Overview Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) GFR is an important clinical tool used to assess

Snapshot A 50-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency

Overview Introduction The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) attempts to maintain arterial blood pressure by controlling blood

Snapshot A 2-year-old boy is referred by his pediatrician to a nephrologist for recurrent urinary

Snapshot A 42-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician due to involuntary passage

Introduction Renal clearance  describes the amount (volume) of plasma that is completely cleared by