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Study Course Description

Paediatric Nephrology I

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

RBN_008

Branch of Science

Anatomy; Clinical medicine

ECTS

35.00

Target Audience

Medicine

LQF

Level 8

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Ineta Sosāre

Residency Speciality

Speciality

Paediatric nephrologist

Supervisor of Medical Speciality

Ineta Sosāre

Contacts

About Study Course

Objective

To ensure the acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, in accordance with laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia, in order to prepare the doctor for certification in the specialty of paediatric nephrologist.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Able to demonstrate knowledge of the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations in children, laboratory, histological and radiological diagnosis, differential diagnosis of kidney and urinary tract diseases, treatment thereof at the hospital and during the pre-hospital stage.

Skills

1.To assess the risks of kidney damage in children; analyse histological preparations of kidneys and interpret the results; perform diagnostic and therapeutic manipulations necessary in the management of uronephrology patients (children of different ages); choose and perform appropriate renal replacement therapy for children with impaired renal function.

Competences

1.Using knowledge of kidney pathophysiology, kidney diseases in children, origin of diseases, symptomatology, link to diseases of other organs, treatment, kidney replacement therapy, as well as modern practical actions resulting from this knowledge for patients up to the age of 18, to carry out diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
Studies literature, prepares for seminars.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
Report on work during the rotation cycle; testing of theoretical knowledge in the form of questions.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Kidney development, anatomy, physiology, paediatric specifics.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Physiology of water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, disorders thereof in case of kidney diseases.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Specifics of the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance in newborns. Differential diagnosis. Tactics.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

The importance of laboratory investigations in the diagnosis of kidney diseases in children of different ages.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

USG examination methods in the diagnosis of kidney diseases in children.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Urodynamic testing: uroflowmetry, cystometry.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

X-ray examination in the diagnosis of kidney diseases, use of contrast media, catheters for contrast media administration.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Micturating cystourethrography, excretory urography, retrograde urography, indications, procedure, complications. Possibilities of using computed tomography and magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of urinary tract pathologies.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Kidney biopsy, indications in case of various types of kidney damage. Procedure for children of different ages. Complications.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Methods of histopathological examination of kidneys, interpretation.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Clinical pharmacology, renal elimination of drugs in case of reduced GFR

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Effects of different drug groups on renal function.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Urinary tract infection, pathogenesis, classification, tactics, prevention. Specifics in children of different ages.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Urinary incontinence, types, diagnosis, treatment.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Bladder dysfunctions, pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis, treatment.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Tubulointerstitial nephritis (acute, chronic): aetiology, diagnosis, tactics, prognosis

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

HUS: pathogenesis of kidney damage, tactics, prognosis.

Seminar

Modality	Location
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Topics

Emergency conditions in paediatric nephrology. Causes of acute kidney damage, pathogenesis, classification, action algorithms.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

35.00

Number of Residency Seminars:

Length (weeks):

Final Examination:

Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Clinical Pediatric Nephrology. 3rd edition. Edited By Kanwal Kher, H. William Schnaper, Larry A. Greenbaum, 2020, CRC Press

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 21th edition. Robert M. Kliegman & Joseph St. Geme, 2019

Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology, 3 sējumos. edited by: Neil N. Turner, Norbert Lameire, David J. Goldsmith, Christopher G. Winearls, Jonathan Himmelfarb, and Giuseppe Remuzzi, 2018, Oxford University Press.

National Kidney Foundation Primer on Kidney Diseases. 7th Edition. Scott Gilbert, Daniel Weiner, Elsvier, September 11, 2017

Pediatric Nephrology. Ellis D. Avner, William E. Harmon, Patrick Niaudet, Norishige Yoshikawa, Francesco Emma, Stuart L. Goldstein. Springer, 2016

Manual of Pediatric Nephrology. Kishore D. Phadke. 2013, Springer

The Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis. The Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis Academic Publishers, 2012

Pediatric Nephrology in the ICU, Suchergebnisse für "Stefan G. Kiessling / Jens Goebel / Michael J.G. Somers, 2009, Springer

Comprehensive Pediatric nephrology. Geary D., Schaefer F. 2008, Morsby

Additional Reading

Fundamentals of Renal Pathology. Agnes B. Fogo, Arthur H. Cohen, Robert B. Colvin, J. Charles Jennette, Charles E. 2nd edition. Springer, 2013

Other Information Sources

Žurnāli (Pediatric Neprology, Kidney International, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Journal of American Society of Nephrology)

UpToDate in Medicine — CD-ROM database, BDR Inc., Boston.