ILOs:
- Describe the common causes and classification of kidney disease
- List what is measured by semiquantitiative urinalysis
- Explain how proteinuria and haematuria are quantified
- Be able to identify patients with kidney injury/disease by eGFR, serum creatinine, dipstick urinalysis and urine quantification
- Understand how patients with chronic kidney disease are managed including basic awareness of renal replacement therapies
- What does examination of the urine tell us?
- What does examination of the urine entail?
- A slide demonstrating the variety of urine presentations!
- What is semiquantitative urinalysis?
- What are the two types of haematuria?
- What does urine microscopy allow us to see?
- If we've got haematuria... where might the blood come from?
- What is one of the most important things to identify in the urine?
- How do we quantify proteinuria...
- Are there normal values for urine biochemistry?
- Explain what fractional excretion is
- How can we tell that the kidneys are not working from a blood test?
- How do we tell if the kidneys are injured/diseased?