08793 - Nephrology

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module, the student possesses knowledge, within his competence, related to the physiopathology and clinic of urinary tract diseases, functional and instrumental semeiotics, clinical methodology and pharmacological therapy in nephrology with particular regard to dialysis therapy and Kidney transplant

Course contents

Nosography of renal disease.

Renal semiotics.

General information on glomerular nephropathy

- glomerular nephropathy classification and Pathogenetic mechanisms of Glomerular nephropathy

Nephrotic Syndrome

- Minimal change disease

- Focal segmental glomeruloslerosis

- Membranous nephropathy

Nephritic Syndrome

- Post-infectious glomerulonephritis

- IgA nephropathy

- Membranoproliferative GN

- Rapidly progressive GN

Secondary Glomerular Nephropathy I

- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

- Diabetic Nephropathy

- Urinary Tract Infections

- Acute Pyelonephritis

- Chronic Pyelonephritis

Acute Kidney Injury I

- Prerenal acute renal failure

- Postrenal acute renal failure

Acute Kidney Injury I

- Acute Tubular Necrosis

- Acute Cortical Necrosis

Hereditary Kidney Disorders I

- Polycystic Kidney Disease

- Alport Syndrome

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

- Definition and staging

- Chronic Kidney Disease Progression

The Dialysis

- Hemodialysis

- Peritoneal Dialysis

Kidney Transplant

Readings/Bibliography

Garibotto-Pontremoli, Manuale di Nefrologia, ed Minerva Medica

Didactic material provided during the completion of the course

Teaching methods

The final exam aims to assess the achievement of the following educational objectives:

- Know in detail the pathogenesis and clinical presentation of the main primary or secondary renal pathologies. -

Know the main notions of instrumental diagnostics for the recognition of pathologies involving renal involvement.

- Know the main notions of renal histology and histopathology related to the illustrated clinical pictures. -

Know the essential elements of therapy of the treated pathologies with renal involvement

Assessment methods

The exam is carried out in written form with multiple choice quizzes that focus on the educational objectives listed above, with a final grade out of thirty.

Being an integrated course, the test consists of 90 questions (15 questions x 6 teachers).

Each question has three answers, only one of which is true. To pass the exam, the student must answer at least correctly - 5 of 15 questions per subject e - 54 of 90 questions overall (18/30).

The scheme for converting the score into 30ths is as follows

Voto | Da A

---------+--------------------

18 | 54 - 54

19 | 55 - 58

20 | 59 - 60

21 | 61- 62

22 | 63 -64

23 | 65- 66

24 | 67- 68

25 | 69- 70

26 | 71- 72

27 | 73 -74

28 | 75 -76

29 | 77- 78

30 | 79 -84

30L | 85- 90

 

In order to take the exam, registration via electronic bulletin board is required, respecting the set deadlines. Those who fail to register by the set date are required to promptly communicate the problem during the appeal.

It will be the faculty of the teacher to admit them to the test.

Teaching tools

Frontal lesson

Observation of a hemodialysis session (after organization with the dialysis department of the Rimini hospital)

Office hours

See the website of Paola Todeschini