Specialist in Nephrology

Specialists in nephrology deal with the causes, consequences, diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases. Nephrologists also carry out renal replacement procedures. They are ideally fully trained internists and recognise the health and illness of the patients entrusted to them as a whole. They are employed in the entire field of nephrology in the outpatient and inpatient sector. Their activities include the consultative outpatient assessment of renal diseases, the consequences of renal diseases and systemic diseases involving the kidneys. They are responsible for the inpatient treatment of kidney disease, carry out kidney transplants (allotransplantation and living donor programme) and care for patients after