Affiliated Partner Center
Institution |
Luxembourg, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg |
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Center |
Nephrology Department | ||||||
Description |
The adult nephrology service provides health care for all kidney diseases in adults. We provide health care advice that puts the emphasis on: -Prevention of kidney disease -Slowing down the damage of kidney function -The offer of all kind of extrarenal purification -Kidney transplantation Specialized activities offered by the department : -Management of high blood pressure -Management of hypertension of pregnancy -Renal failure at all stages -Inflammatory diseases (glomerulonephritis, vacuities ...) -Hereditary diseases (e.g. polycystosis ...) -Lithiasis diseases -Autoimmune diseases (lupus erythematosus, Wegener's disease, PAN ...) -Complications of diabetes in all its forms, most notably metabolic syndrome -Integrated management of end-stage renal disease -Multidisciplinary preparation for hemodialysis -Multidisciplinary consultation of transplant patients -kidney transplantation preparation Specific exams -Exploration of arterial hypertension by Holter -Renal biopsy -Urinary sediment analysis -pre-dialysis consultations for optimal preparation. The dialysis service: We take care of around 100 patients on hemodialysis. In dialysis we can offer : - conventional dialysis service. -Limited Care service -peritoneal dialysis During a transplant, we offer: medical monitoring, nursing, education in our post-transplant consultation. The Nephrology hospitalization takes place on the 4th floor of CHL and allows the care and management,(by a medical team and specially trained caregivers), of all nephrological diseases in the acute and chronic phase, with a large multidisciplinary group including intensive care doctors, radiologists, vascular surgeons, cardiologists, geneticists….. |
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Specialists |
Linda Benchalel
(HCP Lead) [e-mail] |
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Disease expertise |
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Contact |
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Homepage |
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