What is a kidney (renal) biopsy? A kidney biopsy is an important but invasive procedure with pros and cons, which we will now go through. Its normal to be a little anxious But what is it? It’s a procedure to take a sample of kidney tissue, about the size of a small pin, which is […]
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Key Points Myth: CKD is rare (a mild form is quite common) Myth: CKD makes you feel unwell (it’s a silent disease in its early stages) Myth: CKD leads to dialysis (that is rare) Myth: Drinking a lot of water is ‘good’ for the kidneys (it is not) Myth: Kidney problems cause back pain (also
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What is a kidney transplant? Keep track of your kidney data with PKB Key Points A kidney transplant is the best treatment for CKD5 (kidney failure) for many people The kidney can come from a live donor (friend, relative or partner) or deceased (dead) donor Kidneys from live donors last approximately 15 years and kidneys
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10 AKI facts Keep track of your kidney data with PKB AKI used to be called ‘Acute Renal Failure (or ARF)’. AKI is simpler in some ways but there is no real injury, in a trauma sense. We will now go through 10 facts about AKI. 1. Definition of AKI AKI is a rapid reduction
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History of nephrology and renal transplantation timeline This article is a historical timeline of nephrology and renal transplantation. It will largely focus on nephrology. Ebers Papyrus (1550 BC). Hieroglyphic inscriptions representing the various Egyptian terms for urine. So. How did it all start? Interestingly, ‘nephrology’ was not a recognised branch of medicine until the early
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In this article – which describes the historical journey from Bright’s Disease to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) – we will demonstrate how from the earliest times, future and current nephrologists have tried do create meaningful classification systems of what we now call CKD. Let’s start by going back to 18th Century Europe. The Italian physician
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History of haemodialysis In this article we will describe the history of haemodialysis, a procedure where a dialysis machine and is used to filter blood before it is returned to the body. History (upto 1914) Scottish chemist Thomas Graham, known as the ‘father of dialysis’, first described dialysis in 1854. He used osmosis (the movement of
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Yuri Yurijevich Voronoy and team, Kherson, Ukraine (1933) – see below Early history Transplantation is not new. In 4-5th Century BC, the Indian physician Sushruta and his medical students developed plastic surgical transplants for reconstructing noses, earlobes etc; these were amputated as religious, criminal, or military punishment. This was published in Sushruta samhita (ca.
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What is a nephrologist – and what do they do? In this article we will describe what is a nephrologist and what do they do. A nephrologist is a non-surgical (i.e. not a surgeon) hospital doctor who specialises in treating diseases that affect the kidneys. These are the main groups of diseases they treat: Chronic
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