37243 - Nephrology 1 (B)

Learning outcomes

The student upon completion of this course should be able to know the main kidney disease: Particular attention should be directed to  primitive renal abnormalities and renal alterations in course of systemic disease.

The student must have knowledge of the basic elements of epidemiology, pathogenesis, classification, histopathology, clinical, laboratory and instrumental setting, differential diagnosis and therapy of renal disease.

In addition, the student must have acquired a methodology for kidney patient approach and to its management in acute, chronic disease and in terms of follow-up.

Course contents

Nosography of renal disease. Renal semiotics. General information on glomerular nephropathy; glomerular nephropathy classification. Pathogenetic mechanisms of Glomerular nephropathy Nephrotic Syndrome: minimal change disease;Focal segmental glomeruloslerosis;membranous nephropathy. Nephritic Syndrome: post-infectious glomerulonephritis; IgA nephropathy; membranoproliferative GN; Rrapidly progressive GN. Secondary Glomerular Nephropathy: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Diabetic Nephropathy; cryoglobulinemic nephropathy; amyloidosis glomerular nephropathy. Vasculitis: polyarteritis nodosa;ANCA-associated vasculitis; immune complex-mediated vasculitis; Thrombotic microangiopathy and Atheroembolic Kidney Disease. Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (HUS/TTP). Atheroembolic  Kidney Disease. Acute Kidney Injury: prerenal acute renal failure; postrenal acute renal failure. Acute Tubular Necrosis; Acute Cortical Necrosis. Hereditary Kidney Disorders: Polycystic Kidney Disease; Alport Syndrome; Nephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease; Medullary Sponge Kidney; Fabry's Disease. Urinary Tract Infections and Interstitial Nephropathy;  Urinary Tract Infections; Acute Pyelonephritis. Chronic Pyelonephritis. Interstitial Nephropathies by drugs and toxics Nefropaties. Immunoallergic diseaseforme immunoallergiche. Analgesics Nephropathy. Pregnancy and the Kidney.Hypertension and the Kidney

Readings/Bibliography

Garibotto-Pontremoli, Manuale di Nefrologia, ed Minerva Medica

 

Updated training materials provided in the completion of the course or available on-line with university username and password at AMS campus-Alma DL-University of Bologna

Teaching methods

Lessons and practical activities bed-side and in the classroom

Assessment methods

The end-of-course examination is designed to assess the achievement of the following educational objectives:

- To know in detail the pathogenesis and the clinical presentation of the main diseases with primitive or secondary renal involvement.

- To know the main concepts of instrumental diagnostics for the recognition of diseases with renal involvement.

- To know the main concepts of histology and histopathology of treated kidney disease.

- To learn about the essential elements of the treatment of diseases with renal involvement.

 

The exam will be held in oral form with questions focusing on educational objectives listed above, with the final vote in thirtieths. The final vote of the integrated course is defined on the basis of the average of the grades obtained in questions formulated by Nephrology and Urology exam.

To support the exam, on-line registration is required, respecting the provided deadlines. Those who don't could subscribe within the scheduled date are required to notify promptly to the Lecturers before the examination. Will be faculty of the Lecturer to admit them to the test. Verbalization of the evaluation obtained will takes place at the test itself.

 

Teaching tools

lessons and slides

Office hours

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