title: American Society of Nephrology quiz and questionnaire 2014: acid-base and electrolyte disorders.
abstract: The Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire remains an extremely popular session for attendees of the Annual Kidney Week Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. Once again, in 2014 the conference hall was overflowing with audience members and eager quiz participants. Topics covered by the expert discussants included electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular disease, ESRD/dialysis, and transplantation. Complex cases from each of these categories along with single-best-answer questions were prepared and submitted by the panel of experts. Before the meeting, program directors of United States nephrology training programs and nephrology fellows answered the questions using an Internet-based questionnaire. During the live session, members of the audience tested their knowledge and judgment on a series of case-oriented questions prepared and discussed by the experts. They compared their answers in real time using audience response devices with the answers of the nephrology fellows and training program directors. The correct and incorrect answers were then discussed after the audience responses and the results of the questionnaire were displayed. As always, the audience, lecturers, and moderators enjoyed this educational session. This article recapitulates the acid-base and electrolyte disorders portion of the session and reproduces its educational value for the readers of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Enjoy the clinical cases and expert discussions.
authors.affiliation: Chairman, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; mhr9r@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Mitchell H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rosner
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and mhr9r@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perazella
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland mhr9r@virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006261:Headache / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009398:Nephrology / Q000193:education*; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000077236:Topiramate
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose
keywords: chronic metabolic acidosis; drug metabolism; drug nephrotoxicity; hypokalemia