{"id":628,"date":"2020-08-03T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T05:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/?post_type=all_services&#038;p=628"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T06:44:07","slug":"nephrology","status":"publish","type":"all_services","link":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/all_services\/nephrology\/","title":{"rendered":"Nephrology Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ratchaphruek Hospital has set up a modern, spacious, comfortable and wellventilated artificial kidney service centre, recognized as one of the best of its kind<br>in the northeastern region of Thailand. The Centre is manned by a team of highly<br>experienced specialists whose commitment is to upgrade the quality of life of the<br>patients and their loved ones.<br>The Centre has the following services at disposal:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Standardized pure water system<\/li>\n\n<li>Hemodialysis through special technology accredited by the Kidney<br>Association of Thailand<\/li>\n\n<li>Hemodialysis by online hemodiafiltration to enhance efficiency in clearing<br>the kidneys<\/li>\n\n<li>Hemodialysis for acute emergency renal failure cases<\/li>\n\n<li>24-hour consecutive hemodialysis for patients with critical renal failure who<br>cannot be treated by normal hemodialysis procedure<\/li>\n\n<li>Provision of entertainment gadgets, i.e., personal IPAD for patients during<\/li>\n\n<li>hemodialysis process<\/li>\n\n<li>Disposing of separate holding rooms for the patients\u2019 cousins<\/li><\/ul><p>Screening test for chronic renal failure disease Recommendations for those<br>who should get diagnostic test for chronic renal failure before the symptoms start<br>to show as follows:<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Those with diabetes<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with hypertension<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with an age over 60 years old<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with heart and vascular disease<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with gout<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with renal stones or renal cysts<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with one kidney<\/li>\n\n<li>Those with renal history in the family<\/li>\n\n<li>Those who had their urines checked up and found not normal<\/li>\n\n<li>Those who frequently took painkillers or herbal medicines<br><\/li><\/ol><p>The doctors will run medical history check up, examine the patients and send the<br>patients\u2019 urine and blood specimen and for testing as well as for ultrasound test.<br>Slowing down renal degradation in chronic renal failure patients by<br>controlling blood pressure, sugar level, nutrition and medicines to reduce the<br>amount of hormone in the urine.<br>Counseling service on replacement therapy for chronic renal failure cases<br>For chronic end-stage renal disease patients (which is the last stage of chronic<br>kidney failure), they will receive the therapy using peritoneal dialysis,<br>hemodialysis and kidney transplantation. The Hospital has an edge-cutting<br>Hemodialysis Centre that offers dialysis for chronic end-stage renal disease<br>patients which is one of the best in the northeastern region.<br>Diagnostic Test Service for kidney specimens<br>The Ratchaphruek Hospital offers this service through a team of specialized and<br>experienced physicians to find out the actual cause of kidneys\u2019 decreased<br>functioning in patients, aside from other concurrent symptoms such as hemorrhage<br>in urine or protein leaks in urine. It also offers diagnosis on nephritis as a result of<br>autoimmune disease so as to render appropriate treatment in a timely manner.<\/p><p>Specialized nephrologists will examine kidney specimen by penetrating needle into<br>the kidneys via the ultrasound machine to take out a piece of specimen and send it<br>for pathological examination in order to find the actual cause of the illness.<\/p><p>Which symptoms need immediate medical diagnosis?<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dysuria<\/li>\n\n<li>Foamy Urine<\/li>\n\n<li>Swollen face, swollen eyelid<\/li>\n\n<li>Swollen feet<\/li>\n\n<li>Hemorrhage in urine or unusual colour in urine<\/li>\n\n<li>Back pain or chronic back pain coupled with high fever<\/li>\n\n<li>Medical history shows abnormal BUN result or abnormal urine test result<\/li>\n\n<li>History of chronic renal disease in the family<\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"featured_media":1561,"template":"","center":[178],"class_list":["post-628","all_services","type-all_services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","center-internal-medicine"],"acf":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",1400,900,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"portraits":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-300x193.jpg",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-768x494.jpg",750,482,true],"large":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-1024x658.jpg",750,482,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",1400,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",1400,900,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-140x100.jpg",140,100,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-350x184.jpg",350,184,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",300,193,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",400,257,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology.jpg",600,386,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-600x386.jpg",600,386,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/nephrology-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Graphic Ratchaphruek Hospital","author_link":"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/author\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":" <a href=\"https:\/\/rph.co.th\/en\/center\/internal-medicine\/\" rel=\"tag\">Internal Medicine Department<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"The Ratchaphruek Hospital has set up a modern, spacious, comfortable and wellventilated artificial kidney service centre, recognized as one of the best of its kindin the northeastern region of Thailand. 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