 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||||||
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||
 |
|
||||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||
 |
 |
|
|||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
|
||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Select a chapter to go to the first question for that chapter.
Section 1- Introduction
1. The kidney: structural overview
2. The kidney: functional overview
3. Development of the renal system
4. Clinical features of kidney disease
5. The kidney: laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging
Secton 2 - Basic Renal Science
8. Renal acid-base and buffer concepts
10. Calcium, phosphate and magnesium handling
11. The kidney and water handling
12. Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease
14. Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney
15. Renal pharmacology: diuretics
Section 3 - Disorders of renal metabolic function
16. Hereditary disorders of tubular transport
17. Regulation of body sodium and body water
18. Disorders of sodium and water metabolism
19. Hyponatremia and hypernatremia
20. The edema states: sodium and water retention
21. Regulation of potassium metabolism
22. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia
23. Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium
24. Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia
25. Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances
26. Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic alkalosis
27. Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis
Section 4 - Renal disease processes
29. Glomerular disease: an overview
30. Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases
31. Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli
32. Tubulointerstitial disease
33. Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome
34. Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation
35. Hypertension: complications and therapy
36. Diabetes mellitus and the kidney
39. Acute renal failure: pathophysiology
40. Acute renal failure: clinical aspects
41. Chronic renal failure and renal bone disease
42. Chronic renal failure: clinical complications and their management
43. Treatment of renal failure with dialysis
44. Peritonial dialysis and continuous hemofiltraiton
49. Pregnancy and the renal system
Section 5 - Clinical Cases
50. Clinical cases for self-assessment
51. Clinical cases: answers and explanations
C. A. O'Callaghan 2004