CME on Pediatric Nephrology. currently managed by @jpsugumar #ELECTROLYTES_WEBINAR #NEPHTWEETORIAL
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Nov 6, 2020 • 16 tweets • 8 min read
#NEPHTWEETORIAL#NEPHKIDS2020 LET'S TALK HYPOCALCEMIA!Ever wonder why we supplement 👶🏽 with Calcium while we're correcting Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency?🤔More on that at the end of tweetorial! Let's deep-dive into physiology now!🏊🏽♂️🔽 @nikhil_Lohiya@jpsugumar@IPNA_PedNeph
99% of calcium is in 🦴. Of the tightly regulated serum calcium, 45% is albumin-bound 🤝, 55% is diffusible 💥(ionized Ca2, complex with HCO3 & Citrate). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…
Nov 3, 2020 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
#NEPHTWEETORIAL#NEPHKIDS2020 LET'S TALK DEHYDRATION!🥵 Welcome to our first tweetorial where we'll be discussing the pathophysiology of dehydration🤯& try and answer the WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN, HOW in management.🤔 -@jpsugumar@IPNA_PedNeph
Our 👫🏽 body resembles the composition of Mother🌎. We're 2/3rd 💦 Let's look at this conceptual classification to understand which compartment of our 👫🏽 are affected the most according to underlying etiology.