Intensive Review of Nephrology: The Comprehensive Clinical Update
If you are seeking a practical and comprehensive clinical review, this program ensures you are up to date across all major areas of nephrology, including:
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
- Basic concepts of pathology and pathophysiology
- Interpretation of the urinary sediment
- The latest treatment strategies and guidelines for:
- Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Lupus nephritis
- IgA nephropathy
- Membranous nephropathy
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
- Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease
- Best practices in the management of CKD patients
- Current approaches to the care of patients with diabetic kidney disease
- Updated approach to geriatric nephrology
GENETIC KIDNEY DISEASE
- State-of-the-art approaches to genetic diseases of the kidney
- Latest updates on polycystic kidney disease
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
- Workup and management of AKI
- Biomarkers of AKI
- Current guidelines for renal replacement therapy in the ICU including CVVH and intermittent HD
- Thrombotic microangiopathies
- Cardiorenal and hepatorenal syndromes
VASCULAR DISEASE
- Hypertension for the nephrologist
- Latest guidelines for diagnosis and management of primary and secondary hypertension
- Current approach to renovascular disease
ELECTROLYTES AND ACID BASE
- Interpretation of acid-base cases
- Fundamentals for diagnosis and management of electrolyte disorders
END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
- Hemodialysis updates
- Peritoneal dialysis updates
- Dialysis vascular access
- Management of anemia in CKD
- Management of mineral and bone disease in advanced CKD
TRANSPLANTATION
- State-of-the-art approach to interpret tissue typing data pre- and post-transplant
- Current guidelines on using induction and maintenance immunosuppressive therapies
- Best practices in treating acute and chronic allograft rejection
- Approach to late allograft loss
- Updated strategies and guidelines in donor and recipient evaluation
- The latest treatment strategies and guidelines of common infections post-transplant
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OTHER TOPICS
- Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones
- Cancer and the Kidney
- Pregnancy and Renal Disease
- Pediatric Nephrology for the Adult Nephrologist
- Case-based presentations