MANAGEMENT OF CLINICAL SERVICES

1. NEPHROLOGY
NITHIN MATHEW
MHA

2. • Nephrology (from Greek nephros
"kidney", combined with the suffix
-logy, "the study of") is a specialty
of medicine and pediatric medicine
focused on the kidneys, specifically
normal kidney function and kidney
disease, the preservation of kidney
health, and the treatment of kidney
disease, from diet and medication
to renal replacement therapy
(dialysis and kidney

5. damage to the nephrons in the kidneys from unused sugar in
the blood, usually due to Diabetes.
High Blood Pressure Can damage the small blood vessels in the
kidneys. The damaged vessels cannot filter Toxins from the
blood as they are supposed to.
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a hereditary kidney disease
in which many cysts grow in the kidneys. These cysts may lead
to kidney failure

6. Sudden kidney failure caused by blood loss, drugs
or poisons. If the kidneys are not seriously
damaged, acute renal failure may be reversed.
Gradual loss of kidney function is called Chronic
Renal Failure or Chronic Renal Disease.
The condition of total or nearly total and
permanent kidney failure.