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List some causes of chronic renal failure?
GLAD SHOP
Glomerulonephritis
Lupus
Analgesics
Diabetes mellitus

Systemic vascular disease
Hypertension
Obstruction
Polycystic kidney disease
What are some causes of a unilateral palpable kidney?
Wilm's HARP

Wilm's tumor
Hydronephrosis
Acute renal vein thrombosis/acute pyelonephritis
Renal cell carcinoma
Polycystic kidneys/Pyonephrosis
List the common causes of an anion gap metabolic acidosis
MUDPILES

Methanol ingestion
Uremia
Diabetic or starvation ketoacidosis
Parraldehyde poisoning
Iron/Isoniazid
Lactic acidosis
Ethanol/Ethylene glycol
Salicylate
List 11 causes of hypercalcemia
SHAMPOO DIRT
Sarcoidosis
Hyperparathyroidism/Hyperthyroidisim
Alkali-milk syndrome
Metastases/Myeloma
Paget's disease
OSteogenesis imperfecta
Other (i.e., Addison's disease)

D vitamin excess
Immobility
Road traffic accidents (trauma)
Thiazide diuretics
List some common causes of ketoacidosis
SAD

Starvation
Alcohol
Diabetes mellitus
What are the clinical features that favour a diagnosis of chronic renal disease over acute renal failure?
SNAB

Small sized kidney
Neuropathy 8peripheral)
Anemia
Bone disease (renal osteodystrophy)
What are some causes of a normal anion gap acidosis?
HARD UP

Hyperalimentation/hyperventilation
Acetazolamide
Renal tubular acidosis
Diarrhea

Ureteral diversion
Pancreatic fistula
List the primary indications for hemodialysis
HAVE PEE

Hyperkalemia (refractory)
Acidosis (refractory)
Volume overload
Elevated BUN >36mM
Pericaditis
Encephalopathy
Edema (pulmnary)