Songbei – Nephrology Department

The Department of Nephrology at our hospital’s Songbei Campus mainly consists of the Nephrology Outpatient Clinic, the Nephrology Ward, and the Hemodialysis Center. It undertakes clinical work including the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, renal pathology, and blood purification therapy, as well as related teaching and research tasks for undergraduate and postgraduate students. A total of 20 beds are open, and the department is at an advanced national level in the treatment of kidney diseases.

Diagnostic and treatment techniques offered

Diseases treated with particular expertise: minimal change nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy, proliferative nephritis, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, crescentic and necrotizing glomerulonephritis, sclerosing glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, lupus nephritis, diabetic nephropathy, renal amyloidosis, hepatitis B-associated nephritis, Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis, multiple myeloma nephropathy, hypertensive nephropathy, post-renal transplant management, etc.

Blood purification techniques offered: hemodialysis, hemofiltration, hemodiafiltration, plasma exchange, hemoperfusion, continuous blood purification (CRRT), peritoneal dialysis, etc.

Vascular access surgeries performed: arteriovenous fistula creation, artificial vascular graft bypass surgery, arteriovenous fistula thrombolysis, arteriovenous fistula thrombectomy, complex repair of arteriovenous fistula occlusion, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), and peritoneal dialysis catheter placement. Procedural techniques performed: internal jugular vein puncture and catheterization, placement of a Cuff-bearing central venous indwelling catheter via the internal jugular vein, and pathological biopsy by renal puncture.