The Department of Nephrology of Shenzhen Guangming District People's Hospital is a key clinical specialty integrating medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research. The department consists of the nephrology ward, blood purification center, and nephrology outpatient clinic, with strong technical strength and complete specialty categories.

Personnel Structure:

The department has 18 physicians, including 2 chief physicians, 4 associate chief physicians, 8 attending physicians, and 4 resident physicians. There are 2 PhDs and 8 masters. The nursing team has 30 nurses, including 2 charge nurses and 28 staff nurses.

Number of Beds:

The department has 45 open beds, with an annual discharge of more than 2,000 patients and an annual outpatient volume of more than 50,000 person-times.

Equipment:

The blood purification center is equipped with advanced hemodialysis machines, hemodiafiltration machines, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machines, peritoneal dialysis equipment, and other advanced equipment.

Scope of Diagnosis and Treatment:

1. Primary glomerular diseases: Acute glomerulonephritis, chronic glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, IgA nephropathy, etc.

2. Secondary kidney diseases: Diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive nephropathy, lupus nephritis, purpuric nephritis, hepatitis B virus-associated nephritis, etc.

3. Tubulointerstitial diseases: Acute interstitial nephritis, chronic interstitial nephritis, renal tubular acidosis, etc.

4. Acute kidney injury: Various causes of acute renal failure, including prerenal, renal, and postrenal acute kidney injury.

5. Chronic kidney disease: All stages of chronic kidney disease, including chronic renal failure and uremia.

6. Urinary tract infections: Acute pyelonephritis, chronic pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis, etc.

7. Renal vascular diseases: Renal artery stenosis, renal vein thrombosis, etc.

8. Hereditary kidney diseases: Polycystic kidney disease, Alport syndrome, etc.

Specialty Features:

1. Blood purification treatment: The blood purification center has 50 hemodialysis machines, carrying out hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, hemoperfusion, plasma exchange, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and other blood purification treatments, with an annual dialysis volume of more than 30,000 person-times.

2. Peritoneal dialysis treatment: Carrying out continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and automated peritoneal dialysis (APD), providing standardized peritoneal dialysis treatment and follow-up management for patients with end-stage renal disease.

3. Kidney biopsy: Percutaneous renal biopsy is carried out under the guidance of ultrasound, providing pathological diagnosis basis for the diagnosis and treatment of various kidney diseases.

4. Vascular access establishment: Carrying out various vascular access surgeries for hemodialysis, including autologous arteriovenous fistula, artificial vascular arteriovenous fistula, central venous catheterization, etc.

5. Chronic kidney disease management: Establishing a chronic kidney disease management system, providing long-term follow-up and management for patients with chronic kidney disease, delaying the progression of kidney disease, and reducing complications.