Pearls for Boards

1) Topiramate - Watch for non-gap acidosis, nephrolithiasis and hyperammonemia.

2) Jak2 - the intracellular kinase activated by the binding of Epo to the Epo receptor.

3) Live vaccines are contraindicated in kidney transplant recipients – these include MMR, Varicella, Yellow fever and BCG.

4) Liddle's, the opposite of Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type I - Gitelman's, the opposite of Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type II (also known as Gordon's syndrome).

5) Myeloma cast nephropathy - distal intratubular casts, Light Chain Fanconi Syndrome - proximal intracellular crystals.