Teaching Renal Physiology to the Millennial Student: the University of the Philippines Manila Experience.

Objectives: To compare the conventional style from a multi-modal approach in the teaching of renal physiology among University of the Philippines-College of Medicine (UPCM) first-year medical students in terms of their attitudes and rating scale.

Methods: We conducted an exploratory sequential mixed methods design using an online survey employing a likert scale followed by a focus group discussion of medical students taking the excretory module from 2016 to 2019. Abbreviated plenary live lectures, online videos embedded in a learning management system, patient contact experience ward work, role-playing, and quiz shows are used to integrate the lessons being taught.

Isotonic versus hypotonic saline solution for maintenance intravenous fluid therapy in children: a systematic review.

Background: The administration of hypotonic saline solution for maintenance intravenous fluid (IVF) therapy has been the standard of care, but recent evidence has shown this treatment to be associated with hyponatremia-related complications. The aim of this systematic review was to determine which IVF, i.e.

Profile of acute kidney injury in pediatric leptospirosis.

Background/aim: Leptospirosis is an emerging public health zoonotic disease driven by climate and environment. Reports on leptospirosis-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) in children are scant and lacking in detail. The main objective is to provide an accurate and comprehensive description of AKI in pediatric leptospirosis.

Distal renal tubular acidosis in Filipino children, caused by mutations of the anion-exchanger SLC4A1 (AE1, Band 3) gene.

Aim: To describe the clinical features and genetic basis of distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) in Filipino children.

Methods: Clinical description and gene analysis of affected members of 7 families.

Results: In all affected children, the disease was associated with mutations of the SLC4A1 gene that codes for the bicarbonate/chloride anion-exchanger 1 (AE1, band 3) protein situated in the red cell membrane and the alpha-intercalated (proton-secreting) cell of the renal collecting duct.

Bedside diagnosis of outpatient childhood urinary tract infection using three-media dipslide culture test.

To determine the accuracy of a three-media dipslide test, the Uricult Trio, for the diagnosis of childhood urinary tract infections (UTIs), we collected urine specimens from children at the outpatient department. Two hundred consecutive patients presenting with symptoms of UTI were examined. Randomly voided, midstream, clean-catch and catheterized samples were used.

Postpartum hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 17-year-old Filipina primigravid.

A 17-year-old Filipina primigravid developed acute renal failure secondary to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) after undergoing emergency cesarean section for severe pre-eclampsia and abruptio placenta. She underwent hemodialysis with concurrent infusions of fresh-frozen plasma and packed red cells for 5 weeks. Renal biopsy revealed findings consistent with HUS with glomerular crescents.