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NEPHROLOGY

CODE 67393
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 2 cfu during the 3nd year of 8745 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA(LM-41) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/14
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 2° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    OVERVIEW

    The course focus is represented by the diseases of the kidney, including mechanisms of disease, clinical presentation and clinical and functional correlations of kidney disease

    Relevant focus is also on alterations of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance.

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The primary goal is to provide students with experience in the approach to the renal

    patient. Students are exposed to a broad range of issues including acute and chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, glomerular disease, end stage renal disease, modalities of dialysis and hypertension.

    Students are expected to become familiar with the general approach to the renal patient and a

    fundamental understanding of renal pathophysiology.

    TEACHING METHODS

     

    Frontal lessons

     

    Lab skills on urinary tests.

     

    Individual Presentation and Discussion of Cases

     

    The student will present a focus-based detailed

    history and physical examination to the attending nephrologist.

    The case discussions center on the differential diagnosis, the pathophysiology involved, the

    interpretation of examination findings, the interpretation of laboratory results and imaging studies. An attending nephrologist will  interacts with the patient and together with the student. For patients admitted to the Nephrology service, the

    Student  will present the patient history and physical and develop and implement a diagnostic plan  in conjunction with the attending nephrologist.

     

     

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Lab and image in nephrology

    Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base alterations.

    Mechanisms of kidney disease.

    Clinical approach to the renal patient.

    Glomerular disease.

    The kidney in systemic diseases.

    Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis.

    Tubulointerstitial nephritis.

    ADPKD and hereditary kidney diseases.

    Hypertension, cardiovascular disease and the kidney.

    The kidney in pregnancy.

    Acute kidney injury.

    Chronic kidney disease.

    Drug prescription in acute and chronic kidney disease.

    The aging kidney.

    Renal calculi.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

     

    Garibotto e Pontremoli: Manuale di Nefrologia, II edizione 2017, Minerva Medica

    Harrison’s Internal Medicine, 2016.

     

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    PASQUALE ESPOSITO (President)

    DIEGO FERONE (President)

    MANUELA ALBERTELLI

    MARA BOSCHETTI

    DAVIDE CARLO MAGGI

    ROBERTO PONTREMOLI

    FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

     

    Oral exam.

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

     

    The student will be able to apply basic knowledge of renal pathophysiology to the diagnostic and therapeutic process,to formulate a broad differential diagnosis

     And to acquire relevant clinical literature to

    enhance direct patient care

     

    The student will be able  to accurately interpret laboratory data, including urinary sediments.

     

    The student will be able to Competently identify renal issues in outpatients and inpatients, including fluid and electrolyte disorders,

    vasculitis, acute renal failure, glomerular disease,

    hypertension (primary and secondary), chronic renal

    insufficiency and end stage renal disease

    FURTHER INFORMATION

     

    Internship in nephrology

    Integrated units:

    An approach the the kidney transplant patient

    Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and the kidney