Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medical Biotechnology (cod. 8859)

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: subjective and objective symptoms;

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, Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis

Secondary Glomerular Nephropathy: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Diabetic Nephropathy.

 

Hereditary Kidney Disorders: Polycystic Kidney Disease, Alport desease

Urinary Tract Infections and Interstitial Nephropathy;   Acute Pyelonephritis. Chronic Pyelonephritis. Interstitial Nephropathies by drugs and toxics Nefropaties.

Acute Kidney Injury: pathogenesis and classification

  Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Definition and staging; Chronic Kidney Disease Progression; Chronic Kidney Disease.

The Dialysis: Hemodialysis and  Peritoneal Dialysis.

Kidney Transplant: living donor transplant, cadaveric donor transplant, immunological mechanism of rejection, clinical complication

 

Readings/Bibliography

Garibotto-Pontremoli: Manuale di Nefrologia.

Slide slides can be used as a teaching aid

Teaching 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.

Assessment methods

The exam will be held in written examination with questions focusing on educational objectives listed above, with the final vote in thirtieths. .

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

The slides of the lessons will be inserted on Alma Campus and will be an aid to support the preparation of the student

Office hours

See the website of Paola Todeschini