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CODE 66486
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/14
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

To understand the main nephrological diseases and the mechanisms of renal damage.
To know how to perform nutritional assessment, intervention, and monitoring for patients with chronic renal failure at all stages of the disease (both conservative and replacement therapy).

TEACHING METHODS

Plenary lectures in the classroom (20 hours of lectures and professional activities in the ward and/or outpatient clinic).

Professional internship in the ward and/or outpatient clinic.

The lecture hours are distributed between the clinical aspects of medical competence and the dietary-nutritional aspects concerning the nephropathic patient.

Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Anatomy and physiology of the kidney, clinical signs and laboratory tests of nephropathies, acute and chronic renal failure, nephritic and nephrotic syndrome, acute and chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathies, oligo-asymptomatic urinary abnormalities, kidney stones, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, nutritional assessment and dietary therapy in nephropathic patients in the conservative phase, on dialysis, and post-kidney transplant.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
Good health and well being
Good health and well being