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Prepare with the CAQ-Nephrology Practice Questions - NCCPA CAQ Nephrology Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering patient, year-old, urine, therapy, and diagnosis. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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Question 1
A 68-year-old man is hospitalized with sepsis. His baseline serum creatinine is 1.0 mg/dL. Today his creatinine is 1.4 mg/dL, up from 1.0 mg/dL 36 hours ago. Per KDIGO criteria, which stage of AKI does this represent?
No AKI
Stage 1 AKI
Stage 2 AKI
Stage 3 AKI
Question 2
A 75-year-old woman with heart failure presents with oliguria. BUN 60, sCr 2.4 (baseline 1.0), urine sodium 12 mEq/L, FENa 0.6%, urine specific gravity 1.025. Bland sediment. Which etiology is most likely?
Pre-renal AKI
Acute tubular necrosis
Acute interstitial nephritis
Post-renal obstruction
Question 3
A 60-year-old man develops AKI 48 hours after coronary angiography with 150 mL of iodinated contrast. Which statement about contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is most accurate?
Peak creatinine occurs at 7-10 days
Isotonic IV crystalloid before and after contrast is the most evidence-based prevention
N-acetylcysteine reduces hard clinical outcomes per the PRESERVE trial
Sodium bicarbonate is superior to normal saline for prevention
Question 4
A patient in the ICU develops anuric AKI with K 6.8, pH 7.15, BUN 110, and pulmonary edema unresponsive to diuretics. Which is the most appropriate next step?
Continue medical management for 24 more hours
Initiate renal replacement therapy
Trial of high-dose loop diuretics
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate orally
Question 5
A 70-year-old man with septic shock has hemodynamic instability and AKI requiring RRT. Which RRT modality is most appropriate?
Intermittent hemodialysis 4 hours TIW
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
Peritoneal dialysis
Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) only

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CAQ-Nephrology Practice Questions - NCCPA CAQ Nephrology Exam

This practice set contains 100 questions from the matching question bank and focuses on patient, year-old, urine, therapy, and diagnosis. Work through each question carefully, review the provided solutions, and revisit topics that need more study before your next attempt.

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