🫘 Nephrology

Basics of Renal System & Renal Physiology

1. Development of Glomerular Filtration
2. Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
3. Tubular Resorption in Kidneys
4. Assessment of Renal Function in Children
5. Renal Angina Index (RAI)

Approach to common presentations

1. Approach to hematuria
2. Recurrent Hematuria
3. Approach to proteinuria
4. Persistent Asymptomatic Proteinuria

Glomerular Diseases

1. Nephrotic Syndrome
2. Pathogenesis of Edema in Nephrotic Syndrome
3. Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
4. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
5. Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)

Tubular and Genetic Disorders

1. Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)
2. Fanconi syndrome
3. Bartter syndrome
4. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
5. Polycystic Kidney Diseases
6. Alport Syndrome

Acute Kidney Syndrome and Vascular issues

1. Acute Kidney Injury
2. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
3. Cortical Necrosis
4. Renal Artery Stenosis

Chronic Kidney Diseases

1. Chronic Kidney Disease
2. Renal Osteodystrophy
3. Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)

Structural Anomalies, Obstructive Uropathy & Infections

1. Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)
2. Posterior Urethral Valves (PUV)
3. Urinary Tract Infection