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We had our second therapeutic session of the year today and the topic was renal dosing. I learned the “Process” of renal dosing  (i.e. is there an alternative? how sick is the patient? is the response to the drug needed ASAP?).

A few other interesting tidbits I also took away:

1) “Gault” from the Cockcroft Gault equation was an Alberta physician who died three years ago.

2) Carvedilol is the only beta blocker proven to have cardiac benefits in renal patients.

3) Using the modified CG equation without the weight is probably the best way to adjust doses.

4) Waist circumference is a signficant risk factor for chronic kidney disease (along with diabetes, CVD).