Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaNephrology
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Head instructor
Lc. Josep Maria GALCERÁN - jmgalceran@uic.es
Office hours
Dr. Josep Maria Galceran: jmgalceran@uic.es
The subject of Nephrology deals with prevention, diagnosis and treatment of renal diseases that require a medical approach.
Must have passed the subject “Structure and Function: Renal and Urogenital system” (second year).
To understand the signs and symptoms which allow to identify the different renal diseases and renal syndromes, and to guide both diagnosis and treatment of them.
In all of the diseases addressed, to know the incidence (epidemiology), mechanisms of the disease (pathophysiology), structural lesions , signs and symptoms, diagnostic techniques, differential diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and treatment.
To identify a serious condition and the need of an emergency treatment, to identify the need to send the patient to a nephrologist and to know those end stage situations where limitation or palliative treatment could apply.
Students who pass the subject will know:
Master classes
Unit 1. Renal function and ways to measure it. Renal biopsy.
Unit 2. Renal syndromes. Proteinuria, nephritic and nephrotic syndrome.
Unit 3. Primary glomerulopathies.
Unit 4. Secondary glomerulopathies 1: Lupus, vasculitis, Schönlein, infectious.
Unit 5. Secondary glomerulopathies 2: Myeloma, Amyloidosis, Diabetes.
Unit 6. Tubulointerstitial diseases.
Unit 7. Tubulopathies. Hereditary diseases.
Unit 8. Hypertension.
Unit 9. Acute kidney injury.
Unit 10. Chronic kidney disease.
Unit 11. Peritoneal dialysis.
Unit 12. Renal transplantation.
Unit 13. Clinical disorders of fluid and electrolytes.
Unit 14. Hemodialysis.
Case method
1. Primary glomerulopathies, case study.
2. Secondary glomerulopathies, case study.
3. Hypertension, case study.
4. Acute kidney injury, case study.
5. Chronic kidney disease, case study.
6. Fluid therapy.
Problem-based learning
1. Facing a case of proteinuria and microhematuria.
2. Disorders of electrolytes and acid-base, case studies.
Laboratory skills
1. Acid-base balance.
2. Central vein cannulation.
3. Image diagnosis in Nephrology.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Mc Graw Hill.
Nefrología al día. Grupo editorial Sociedad Española de Nefrología. http://nefrologiadigital.revistanefrologia.com/modules.php?name=home
Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension. Editorial Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Documents provided at the moodle system.