Des Moines - Nephrology Care
MercyOne partners with experienced providers to provide nephrology care to hospitalized patients and patients in an outpatient clinical setting to evaluate, diagnose and develop a treatment plan for many different nephrology disorders – diseases of the kidney and effects of kidney disease on other parts of the body.
Nephrology Conditions
Nephrology Conditions are diseases of the kidney. The conditions we see most often in our office are:
- Blood or protein in urine
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Kidney Stones, although a urologist may also treat this
- Kidney Infections
- Kidney Swelling due to Glomerulonephritis or Interstitial Nephritis
- Kidney Cancer
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- End-Stage Kidney Disease
- Kidney Failure, both acute and chronic
Our providers can also be involved when other factors cause kidney disease or dysfunction including:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Autoimmune Conditions
- Medications
- Plasma Exchange