Practise electrolyte interpretation, kidney disease diagnosis, dialysis decisions, transplant assessment, and treatment safety across ABIM nephrology domains. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the ABIM Nephrology Certification: Clinical Reasoning Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) · ABIM Nephrology Blueprint, Certification Examination (CERT), dated January 2026; verified through ABIM's currently linked certification blueprint on 2026-10-09. No separate effective date is stated. The workbook label 'ABIM - Subspecialty in Nephrology' maps to the official Nephrology Certification Examination; the assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ABIM — Blueprints
- ABIM Nephrology Blueprint — Certification Examination (CERT), January 2026
- ABIM — Nephrology Certification Policies
- ABIM — Register, Prepare and Take Your Nephrology Certification Exam
- Clinical Practice Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyponatraemia, 2014
- Endotext — Diagnostic Testing for Diabetes Insipidus
- Mayo Clinic — Nephrology: Acid-Base, 2022
- NIDDK — Renal Tubular Acidosis
- EAU Guidelines on Urolithiasis — Metabolic Evaluation and Recurrence Prevention
- KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of CKD
- KDIGO — CKD Evaluation and Management
- ISPD Peritonitis Guideline Recommendations: 2022 Update on Prevention and Treatment
- Endocrine Society — Primary Aldosteronism Clinical Practice Guideline, 2025
- KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in CKD
- KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for ADPKD
- KDIGO 2021 — Key Takeaways for Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis
- KDIGO 2021 — Key Takeaways for Membranous Nephropathy
- KDIGO 2021 — Key Takeaways for FSGS
- KDIGO 2021 — Key Takeaways for Minimal Change Disease in Adults
- KDIGO 2009 Kidney Transplant Recipient Guideline — Summary
- Second International Consensus Guidelines on BK Polyomavirus in Kidney Transplantation, 2024
- DailyMed — Tacrolimus Capsules Prescribing Information
- KDIGO 2012 Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury
- KDIGO — Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease
- KDIGO — Summary of 2017 CKD-MBD Guideline Recommendations
- NIDDK — Keeping Kidneys Safe: Smart Choices about Medicines
- Utility of Urine Eosinophils in the Diagnosis of Acute Interstitial Nephritis - PMC
- 62nd-Edition-of-The-Grey-Book.pdf
- 2019-kdoqi-guideline-vascular-access.pdf
- KDIGO-2024-ANCA-Vasculitis-Guideline-Update.pdf
- KDIGO-Txp-Candidate-GL-FINAL.pdf
Nephrology Certification Examination
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A euvolemic adult has sodium 124 mmol/L, low effective serum osmolality, urine osmolality 510 mOsm/kg, and urine sodium 62 mmol/L. Adrenal and thyroid assessment is normal, kidney function is preserved, and no diuretic is used. Which diagnosis best explains the findings?
Nephrology Certification Examination
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Sodium and Water Abnormalities
Dilute urine in hyponatremia
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