Nephrology

About Nephrology

What is Nephrology?

Nephrology is the arm of medicine that deal with medical conditions of the Kidneys, preservation of kidney health, kidney malignancies and more.
You Kidneys are responsible for filtering waste substances, excess water, and other impurities out your blood stream. When your kidneys are not functioning properly, the waste substances remain in your body, causing a buildup of waste which will very negatively impact your health.

The Al Zahra Hospital Dubai Nephrology Department offers the following range of services.

Outpatient Nephrology Services

General Nephrology Clinics for assessment, investigation and comprehensive management of clinical conditions, including:

Proteinuria (Protein in Urine), Hematuria (Blood in Urine)
Acute and chronic nephritis
Nephrotic syndrome
Urinary tract infections (UTI)
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
Diabetic nephropathy
Hypertension (including Resistant hypertension)
Kidney stones
Lupus nephritis (Systemic Lupus Erythematous- SLE)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) from stage 1-5
Pre ESRD management – delaying the need for dialysis/ preparing for dialysis
Preparing End stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients for Renal Transplantation

Inpatient Nephrology Services

Admission and treatment of patients with acute / chronic kidney problems who cannot be managed in the Clinics on out -patient basis.

Dialysis and Related Procedures

State -Of –The – Art HEMODIALYSIS and HEMODIAFILTRATION (HDF) among ESRD patients on regular basis.
Vascular access procedures
Temporary Femoral Vein Catheterization And Catheter Removal.
Temporary Internal Jugular (IJ) Vein Catheterization And Catheter Removal.
Permanent IJ Catheter Placement and Permcath Removal.
Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) Creation
Kidney Biopsies

In Intensive Care Unit

Performing Hemodialysis, SLED (Slow Low Efficiency Dialysis), Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis (IPD), And Vascular Access Procedures In Acutely ill, Unstable Patients With Severe Renal Failure, In ICU.

Central Nervous System

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

Allergic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

Neoplastic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

For endocrine problems

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For the respiratory system

For the ear, nose and oropharynx

For the respiratory system

Chest CT Scan

Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society

One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory, which had previously been accepted since the 2nd century. Thirteenth century anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis accurately theorized that there was no ‘direct’ passage between the two sides.