Medicine and Surgery

Learning outcomes: By the end of the course the student must: - Be able to collect anamnestic data pertinent to renal diseases. - Distinguish the different clinical pictures of renal patients. - Require specific tests helpful to diagnose different syndromes. - Evaluate and interpret renal function tests, urinary sediment and the diagnostic value of radiologic techniques pertinent to nephrology. - Diagnose Acute, Subacute and Chronic Renal Failure (classify and understand the prognostic values of different stages). - Identify major electrolyte and acid-base derangements. - Understand the clinical value of renal biopsy and the histologic changes of primary and secondary glomerulonephritis. - Identify the clinical hallmarks of hereditary renal diseases. - Appreciate the clinical specificities of patients receiving renal replacement therapies (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplantation). - Evaluate hypertensive patients from a nephrologic point of view. - Evaluate a patient presenting with nephrolithiasis.