Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS)

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Dr. Mike Todorovic

Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health & Fitness, University, Science, Nursing, Education, Health, Anatomy, Medicine

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🗓️ 3 September 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that our kidneys control our blood pressure? It does this so it can continually create 180 litres of filtered blood every day to keep us healthy!
The system that the kidneys use to control blood pressure is called the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) - it's a big name but easy to learn!
Many patients with hypertension manage their blood pressure by taking medications that act upon this system!
Join Dr. Matt & Dr. Mike in this episode to explore this clinically important system!

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Good, good morning or evening or afternoon to everybody that's listening to Dr. Matt and Dr. Mark's medical podcast.
0:36.8	Today we are focusing on
0:38.9	the renin angiotest. Oh, I already bugged that up, Matt. RAS. The RAS system. This is the renin
0:45.6	angiotensin-tentin-elodosterone system. And this is the system in which the kidneys use to
0:51.1	control our blood pressure. Yes, the kidneys control our blood pressure. But before I ask you, Matthew, why do the kidneys control our blood pressure. Yes, the kidneys control our blood pressure.
0:55.0	But before I ask you, Matthew, why do the kidneys control our blood pressure?
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1:40.9	So please go to our YouTube channel, which is biological sciences. Matthew, why would
1:48.4	the kidneys be in control of blood pressure? Ooh, that's a good question, Mike. Yeah.
1:54.9	Does that come just from you? That came just from... No, they came from me. Well, the kidney's primary role is to regulate our blood volume, our fluid volume, our fluid
2:08.6	balance.
2:10.1	Within that, or osmolarity, within that is your electrolytes, and to get rid of waste products,
2:16.7	which we spoke about in the kidney overview podcast.
2:20.2	So that's the primary function.
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