Nephro Pearls Pre-Quiz

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• Q. What year are you in internal medicine training?
• Q. How would you begin to replete bicarbonate in a patient with diarrhea, NAGMA with pH of 7.08, pCO2 30, HCO3 of 10?
• Q. How many tablets of sodium bicarbonate (650 mg) should it take to replete a bicarbonate deficit of 160 mEq?
• Q. I would start a bicarbonate drip on a patient with pH 7.2, pCO2 30, HCO3 12 and lactate of 15 from septic shock on who is already on a ventilator and CRRT.
• Q. Based on the available data, how would you anticoagulate a dialysis patient with non-valvular atrial fibrillation?

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