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One anodal peak too many!

10/31/2012 12:26 PM | Comments (3) Recommend (805)

By Dr. Sutirtha Chakraborty, MD and Dr. William Winter, MD
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Case: Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) was requested on a patient with recently diagnosed chronic kidney disease who presented to the hospital with a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). What is the abnormality observed on this SPE tracing?​     It can be seen that the albumin peak has as a ...(Read More)
Posted at 10/31/2012 12:26 PM | Tags: Case Study | Renal/GI/Hepatic
Is such extreme hyperphosphatemia possible clinically?

9/18/2012 9:45 AM | Comments (2) Recommend (1,244)

By Dr Sutirtha Chakraborty, MD and Dr William Winter, MD
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A 51 year old patient with increasing generalised weakness and shortness of breath for the last four months was admitted to hospital for further evaluation. On admission his serum creatinine was 3.1 mg/dL(elevated), the BUN was 46 mg/dL (elevated) and the complete hemogram showed a haemoglobin of 7...(Read More)
Posted at 9/18/2012 9:45 AM | Tags: Case Study | Renal/GI/Hepatic