Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast

FF 80 KDIGO ADPKD Guidelines

Freely Filtered, a NephJC Podcast

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The Filtrate Joel Topf AC Gomez Sophia Ambruso Nayan Arora Special Guest Charles Edelstein, MD, PhD Professor, Medicine-Renal Med Diseases/Hypertension Extra-Special Guest Michelle Rheault, MD Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Editing by Simon and Joel Topf The Kidney Connection written and performed by by Tim Yau

Show Notes KDIGO ADPKD Guidelines: Website Guideline PDF Executive Summary PDF NephJC coverage Consortium for Radiologic Imaging Studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease (CRISP) Hy’s Law (Wikipedia) has three components: ALT or AST by 3-fold or greater above the upper limit of normal And total serum bilirubin of greater than 2× the upper limit of normal, without findings of cholestasis (defined as serum alkaline phosphatase activity less than 2× the upper limit of normal) And no other reason can be found to explain the combination of increased aminotransferase and serum total bilirubin, such as viral hepatitis, alcohol abuse, ischemia, preexisting liver disease, or another drug capable of causing the observed injury Meeting this definition yields a very high risk of fulminant kidney failure (76% in one series) Clinical Pattern of Tolvaptan-Associated Liver Injury in Subjects with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Analysis of Clinical Trials Database (PubMed) Two of 957 patients on tolvaptan met Hy’s law criteria. None had fulminant kidney failure. Effects of Hydrochlorothiazide and Metformin on Aquaresis and Nephroprotection by a Vasopressin V2 Receptor Antagonist in ADPKD: A Randomized Crossover Trial (PubMed) Patients had a baseline urine volume on tolvaptan of 6.9 L/24 h. Urine volume decreased to 5.1 L/24 h with hydrochlorothiazide and to 5.4 L/24 h on metformin. TEMPO 3:4 Tolvaptan in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (NEJM) Reprise Trial Tolvaptan in Later-Stage Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease ( NEJM | NephJC ) Unified ultrasonographic diagnostic criteria for polycystic kidney disease by Edelstein in JASN (PubMed) Tolvaptan and Kidney Function Decline in Older Individuals With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Studies (PubMed) Charles’ draft choice Recommendation 4.1.1.1: We recommend initiating tolvaptan treatment in adults with ADPKD with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ‡25 ml/min per 1.73 m2 who are at risk for rapidly progressive disease (1B). Sophia’s draft choice Recommendation 1.4.2.1: We recommend employing the Mayo Imaging Classi cation (MIC) to predict future decline in kidney function and the timing of kidney failure (1B). Progression to kidney failure in ADPKD: the PROPKD score underestimates the risk assessed by the Mayo imaging classification (Frontiers of Science) AC’s draft choice Recommendation 9.2.1: We recommend targeting BP to ≤ 50th percentile for age, sex, and height or ≤ 110/70 mm Hg in adolescents in the setting of ADPKD and high BP (1D). HALT-PKD Blood Pressure in Early Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (NEJM) Nayan’s draft choice Recommendation 6.1.2: We recommend screening for ICA in people with ADPKD and a personal history of SAH or a positive family history of ICA, SAH, or unexplained sudden death in those eligible for treatment and who have a reasonable life expectancy (1D). Screening for Intracranial Aneurysms in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (CJASN) Surgical Clipping Versus Endovascular Coiling in the Management of Intracranial Aneurysms (PubMed) Clipping is associated with a higher rate of occlusion of the aneurysm and lower rates of residual and recurrent aneurysms, whereas coiling is associated with lower morbidity and mortality and a better postoperative course. Joel’s editorial pick Recommendation 6.1.1: We recommend informing adults with ADPKD about the increased risk for intracranial aneurysms (ICAs) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (1C). Joel’s first draft pick The bring out your dead

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