Care of the Renal Patient

Assessment of patients with renal disease; haematuria, proteinuria, and nephrotic syndrome; sodium and potassium disturbances in renal patients; acid-based disturbances in azotemic patients; obstructive uropathy; diabetic nephropathy; renal disease and hypertension in pregnancy; paediatric nephrology; stone disease; edematous states and hepatorenal syndrome; drug use and adverse drug reaction in renal patients and the extracorporeal treatment of poisonings; chronic renal failure; renal bone diseases and aluminum toxicity in renal patients; nutritional therapy in patients with renal failure; psychiatric aspects of renal care; humane caring for the renal patient: chronic illness, narrative ethics, advance directives and terminal care; the role of the family physician in caring for patients with chronic renal disease, on dialysis and after renal transplantation; the role of the nurse practitioner in caring for the renal patient; the role of the social worker: family and community support for the renal patient; peritoneal dialysis; haemodialysis; renal transplantation; urgent problems in the renal patient.