INTERNAL MEDICINE

SEMINARS

Nephrology (TS 3h)

1. Acute kidney injury (1.5 hrs)
2. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (1.5 hrs)

Nephrology (25h)

1. Acute kidney injury. Urinary tract infections.
2. Chronic kidney disease. Clinical presentation and complications.
3. Hemodialysis. Dialysis access. Water purification for dialysis. How artificial kidney works – biophysical and technical principles of hemodialysis.
4. Infectious and non-infectious complications of dialysis.
5. Peritoneal dialysis. Dialysis access. Outcome and long-term results. How peritoneal dialysis compares to hemodialysis. Dialysis-related peritonitis and other complications of peritoneal dialysis.

Literature:

1. Differential Diagnosis in Internal Medicine. Siegenthaler W., Thieme - 2011
2. Clinical medicine.  Kumar & Clarks  Saunders – Elsevier,  2009
   1. Davidson’s Principles & Practice of Medicine. Boone N.A., Colledge N.R – Editors, Churchill Livingstone – Elsevier, 2010
   2. Lee Goldman, MD and Andrew I. Schafer, MD - Goldman's Cecil Medicine. Saunders 2012