Nephrology Cases & Quizzes

• Skill Checkup: A Man With Treated PsA and Abdominal Pain A 48-year-old man with treated psoriatic arthritis presents with fatigue, weakness, and a dull pain in his upper right abdomen. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, June 18, 2024
• Rapid Review Quiz: Bladder Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment Bladder cancer is challenging and costly to diagnose and treat. Quiz yourself and find out whether you're prepared to help your patients manage bladder cancer.
  Medscape, June 12, 2024
• Constant Headache and Too Tired to Party A 27-year-old woman who has had constant headaches since she was a teenager presents after falling asleep at work. Her friends say she's always 'too tired to party.' Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 31, 2024
• Goiter and Brain Fog in a 50-Year-Old Woman A 50-year-old woman presents with brain fog, diminished sleep, irritability, fatigue, reduced executive function, and aches in her wrists and toes. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 30, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Electrolyte Imbalances Are you familiar with signs of electrolyte imbalances and best practices for workup and treating patients with common electrolyte disturbances? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 30, 2024
• 19-Year-Old With Confusion and Kidney Failure The patient has had mild headache and myalgia, and his partner is concerned that he may have meningitis.
  Medscape, May 21, 2024
• Patient Seeking Nondrug Therapy for Hypertension She has made some dietary changes and wants to know whether they have been effective.
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Tailored Antihypertensive Medications Are you prepared to speak with patients who might be reluctant to take antihypertensive drugs? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Severe Ulcerations in Extremities A 50-year-old woman treated for recurrent UTIs has necrotic ulceration of her bilateral upper and lower extremities. A week prior, she developed right wrist drop and left-sided foot drop. What's wrong?
  Medscape, May 14, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Presentation and Treatment of Systemic Amyloidosis Are you up-to-date on the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidities, and treatment associated with the various types of systemic amyloidosis? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 12, 2024
• Patient Simulation: A 61-Year-Old Woman With Cirrhosis, Ascites, and Peripheral Edema A woman with cirrhosis due to chronic HCV infection presents to the ED with ascites, lower-extremity edema, and oliguria. How would you assess and manage this patient's condition?
  Medscape, April 29, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: aHUS Management How much do you know about atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome treatment and management? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 24, 2024
• Discolored Toes and Nonhealing Ulcers A 54-year-old woman presents with a 3-year history of red and purple discoloration on her feet and a 2-year history of painful nonhealing ulcers on her toes. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, April 09, 2024
• Fact or Fiction: Complement 3 Glomerulopathy Can you separate fact from fiction when it comes to C3 glomerulopathy? Test your knowledge with this quiz.
  Medscape, April 05, 2024
• Fact or Fiction: Hereditary Amyloidosis Are you up-to-date on the latest information on hereditary amyloidosis? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 05, 2024
• Sudden Nausea and Vomiting in Active 80-Year-Old An 80-year-old woman presents with malaise, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea. She is highly active, with a full-time job as a realtor. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, April 05, 2024
• Rapid Review Quiz: Systemic Amyloidosis Are you familiar with the latest information on systemic amyloidosis? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, April 05, 2024
• Rapid Review Quiz: IgA Nephropathy How much do you know about the most recent developments in IgA nephropathy? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 27, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: nmCRPC Are you familiar with the latest on nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 27, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria How much do you know about paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, March 25, 2024