Board Review Course & Update

Topics and Lectures

Saturday, August 28

Assessment of Kidney Function and Structure

• GFR, Performance Equations, Monitoring Progression of CKD, and Interpretation of Proteinuria, Albuminuria, and the Urinary Sediment
• Imaging the Kidney and Urinary Tract and Urologic Conditions that the Nephrologist Must Know

Perturbations in the Distribution of the Body Fluid Compartments and Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

• Disorders of Volume and Sodium Regulation: Edema, Hypovolemia, Hypervolemia, Hypotonic and Hypertonic states
• Principles of Hyponatremia
• Principles of Hypernatremia
• Case Discussions I: Volume, Sodium, and Water Disorders
• Case Discussions II: Volume, Sodium, and Water Disorders

Sunday, August 29

Glomerular and Vascular Disorders

• Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Glomerular Injury
• Pathology of Glomerulonephritides
• Idiopathic or Primary Glomerulonephritides
• Secondary Glomerulonephritides and Vasculitis
• Viral Nephridities, including HIV, CMV, and Hepatitis
• Panel Discussion: How to Treat Refractory Glomerular Diseases
• Diabetic Nephropathy
• Dysproteinemias, Amyloid, Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis, and Thrombotic Angiopathies
• Selective Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
• Renal Biopsy Case-Based Workshop

Monday, August 30

Potassium and Acid Base

• Potassium: Key Physiologic Principles, Hypokalemia, and Hyperkalemia
• Acid Base Disorders: Basic Physiology, Definitions, and Compensation
• Non Anion gap Acidosis
• Increased Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
• Case Discussions I: Electrolyte and Acid Base Emergencies in the ICU
• Case Discussions II: Acid-Base and Potassium Disorders

Tubulo-Interstitial Disorders

• Acute and Chronic Interstitial Diseases
• Herbs, NSAIDs, and Heavy Metals: A Recipe for Kidney Failure
• Questions and Answers

Tuesday, August 31

Bone and Mineral Metabolism and Stone

• Calcium, Phosphorous, PTH, and Vitamin D: Key Physiologic Principles
• Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorous
• Magnesium: Normal Physiology, Hypomagnesemia, and Hypermagnesemia
• Pathogenesis of Metabolic Bone Diseases
• Treatment Options for Patients with Metabolic Bone Diseases
• Case-Based Workshop for bone and mineral metabolism
• Nephrolithiasis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Wednesday, September 1

Hypertension

• Pathophysiology and Treatment of Essential Hypertension
• Secondary Hypertension: Clinical Syndromes, Diagnostic Workup, and Management
• Drug induced HTN
• Renal Artery Stenosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Ischemic Nephropathy
• Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies: Clinical Presentations and Therapy
• Panel Discussion: Questions and Answers
• Pregnancy: Hypertension and Kidney Disease

Acute Kidney Injury and ICU Nephrology

• Acute Kidney Injury: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Biomarkers and Risk Assessment
• Acute Kidney Injury: Prevention and Non-Dialytic Therapy
• Acute Renal Replacement Therapies
• Case Discussions: Acute Kidney Injury, Hepatorenal Syndrome, Cardiorenal Syndrome and ICU Nephrology

Thursday, September 2

CKD, ESRD, Anemia, Basic Principles and Therapeutic Interventions

• Dialysis: Basic Principles, Diffusion, Convection, Ultrafiltration (includes PD and HD)
• Principles of Drug Prescribing in Acute and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Drug Intoxications
• Hemodialysis adequacy issues (include Home HD)
• Peritoneal Dialysis: Adequacy Issues
• Hemodialysis: Access Issues, Thrombosis, Stenosis, and Infections
• Case Discussions: Infectious and Non-Infectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis: Physiology and Approach to the Volume Overloaded PD Patient
• Hemodialysis: Blood Pressure, Volume Control, and Cardiovascular Comorbidities
• Management of Selected Issues in Patient's with CKD: What You Should Be Doing in Your CKD Clinic
• Cystic Diseases
• Questions and Answers

Friday, September 3

Transplantation

• Principles of Transplant Immunobiology: HLA Matching and Mechanisms of Immunosuppressive Drugs
• Evaluation of the Living Donor
• Evaluation of a Potential Transplant Recipient
• Panel Discussion: Questions and Answers
• Medical and Immunosuppressive Management: Case based approach
• The Transplant Biopsy: Indications and Findings
• Post Transplant Infectious Complications
• Post Transplant Non-Infectious Complications: Rejection, Metabolic, and Surgical