Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating procedures on patients with disorders of:
- renal pathophysiology.
Considerations
- The causes of acute kidney injury.
- The causes and stages of chronic renal failure.
- How the following conditions are monitored:
- renal replacement therapy
- renal transplantation.
- Differential diagnosis and further investigation of the following conditions:
- renal tubular acidosis
- renal calculi.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory and point-of-care testing techniques used in the work-base to investigate major organ function. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform clinical and laboratory investigation of kidney function and renal replacement therapy. |