International Urology and Nephrology publishes original papers on a broad range of topics in urology, nephrology and andrology. The journal integrates papers originating from clinical practice.
Nephrology’s focus is on diagnosing and managing diseases that affect the way how kidney function. Nephrologists are medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the kidney and urinary system, such as inflammation of the kidneys, chronic kidney disease, hypertension or effects of high blood pressure and diabetes on the kidneys, side effects of medications on the kidneys and also complications of many other diseases on the way the kidneys function to filter the blood and keep it clean. Nephrologists control electrolyte disorders such as low or high sodium, potassium, calcium. Nephrologists recommend non-surgical medical treatments for eliminating these disorders and who develop kidney stones, diagnose & prescribe medications to prevent them to come back again. Nephrologists also follow up patients with end-stage kidney disease who already are on dialysis and prepare them to become an applicant for a kidney transplant, they also follow up patients already transplanted after the surgery.