To pee or not to pee renal update

Summary: This one-day seminar begins with the embryologic development of the kidney and the clinical implications for clinical practice. The discussion reviews the anatomy and the physiology of the kidney correlated with structural and functional conditions. Disease processes discusssed are as follows: glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, the nephrotic syndrome, polycystic kidney disease, the diabetic kidney, the kidney in shock, acute tubular necrosis, acute and chronic renal failure, kidney stones, and autoimmune disease and the kidney. In addition, Barb highlights the effects of aging and drugs on the kidneys and discusses lab tests including the BUN, Serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, and urinalysis.