{"id":19,"date":"2018-04-13T18:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T18:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:43:14","slug":"unithdbk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Renal Unit Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the <strong>Edren Main Unit Handbook<\/strong>.\u00a0 This contains Edinburgh&#8217;s internal protocols, written for a professional audience.\u00a0 (See also our <a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/\">other unit handbooks<\/a> for transplant, dialysis and prescribing protocols.)\u00a0 Contents are listed below:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"su-subpages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-5369 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/aki-2\/\">AKI<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-68 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/aki-2\/aki-specialist\/\">AKI (for nephrologists)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-31\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/aki-2\/aki\/\">AKI (for the generalist)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5376 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/blood-pressure-and-cardiovascular-disease\/\">Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-133\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/blood-pressure-and-cardiovascular-disease\/blood-pressure-in-renal-disease\/\">Blood pressure in kidney disease<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-136\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/blood-pressure-and-cardiovascular-disease\/blood-pressures-in-children\/\">Blood pressures in children<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-158\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/blood-pressure-and-cardiovascular-disease\/hyperlipidaemia\/\">Hyperlipidaemia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5365 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/\">CKD (assessment and general management)<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6365\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/renal-cysts-how-to-evaluate\/\">Abnormal imaging: cysts &#8211; how to evaluate<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6450\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/abnormal-imaging-everything-else\/\">Abnormal imaging: everything else<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-148\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/gfr-estimation\/\">GFR estimation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/gout-and-hyperuricaemia\/\">Gout and hyperuricaemia<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5115\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/ckd-summary-overview\/\">CKD summary overview<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2280\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/haematuria-macroscopic\/\">Haematuria &#8211; macroscopic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2278\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/haematuria-microscopic\/\">Haematuria &#8211; microscopic<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6079\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/lab-testing-in-kidney-disease\/\">Lab testing in kidney disease<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-2282\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd\/proteinuria\/\">Proteinuria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5379 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/\">CKD (advanced management)<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4320\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/acute-coronary-syndromes-in-ckd\/\">Acute coronary syndromes in CKD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5088\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/anaemia-management-in-ckd\/\">Anaemia in CKD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/ckdmbd\/\">CKD-MBD (Mineral Bone Disease)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-138\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/coding-edta-era-codes\/\">Coding (EDTA-ERA codes)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5105\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/ckd-for-nephrologists\/pregnancy-and-renal-disease\/\">Pregnancy and Renal Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-166\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/not-for-rrt\/\">Conservative care of advanced CKD<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-3917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5374 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/\">Fluids, electrolytes, diet<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-140\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/diet-in-renal-disease\/\">Diet in renal disease<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-142\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/fluid-and-electrolyte-replacement-in-renal-failure\/\">Fluid and electrolyte replacement in renal failure<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-144\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/fluid-therapy\/\">Fluid Therapy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-154\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/hypercalcaemia\/\">Hypercalcaemia<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-156\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/hyperkalaemia\/\">Hyperkalaemia (inpatient)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5349\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/fluids-and-electrolytes\/hyperkalaemia-outpatient\/\">Hyperkalaemia (outpatient)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5392 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/\">Individual kidney diseases<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5152\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/diabetic-kidney-disease\/\">Diabetic Kidney Disease<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-164\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/nephrotic-syndrome\/\">Nephrotic syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-175\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/pkd\/\">PKD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-205\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/sle\/\">SLE<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-201\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/stone-disease\/\">Stone disease<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/uti\/\">UTI<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-207\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/individual-kidney-diseases\/systemic-vasculitis\/\">Vasculitis (and anti-GBM disease)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-160\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/infection-and-infection-control\/\">Infection and Infection Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-177\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/poisoning\/\">Poisoning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5515 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/procedures-radiology-surgery\/\">Procedures, radiology, surgery<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-199\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/procedures-radiology-surgery\/renal-biopsy\/\">Kidney biopsy<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-197\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/procedures-radiology-surgery\/radiology\/\">Radiology<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-203\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/procedures-radiology-surgery\/surgery-in-esrd\/\">Surgery in ESKD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5510 page_item_has_children\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/renal-unit-contacts\/\">Renal Unit Contacts<\/a>\n<ul class='children'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-6475\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/renal-unit-contacts\/reach-information-for-clinicans\/\">REACH (information for clinicans)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-6042\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/vital-data\/\">Vital Data<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Edren Main Unit Handbook.\u00a0 This contains Edinburgh&#8217;s internal protocols, written for a professional audience.\u00a0 (See also our other unit handbooks for transplant, dialysis and prescribing protocols.)\u00a0 Contents are listed below: &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edren.org\/ren\/handbook\/unithdbk\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> 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