Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Nephrology task force



Welcome to the Dialysis Unit!

The Nephrology task force of WikiProject Medicine aims to better organize information in articles related to Nephrology. Nephrology is the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the kidney. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Scope
Nephrology is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the kidney.

This task force aims to:
 * increase the quality of the current articles on nephrology topics by increasing their medical content while keeping them accessible to individuals with no medical knowledge
 * facilitate the creation of new articles on topics in nephrology, so that Wikipedia is a more-or-less comprehensive nephrology resource for the public
 * ensure that articles created on nephrology topics are thoroughly referenced and include up-to-date links to the most recent literature
 * explain the use of evidence-based medicine in nephrology and how it is applied to the care of patients with renal disease
 * maintain consistency with the medical manual of style in the nephrology articles
 * increase the number of images attached to articles
 * produce nephrology-themed featured articles based on the above
 * include both traditional and complementary and alternative medicine therapies for illnesses nephrologists typically see and treat
 * improve the kidney bluebox and create a nephrology template that lists the most common renal diseases.

Related Wikiportals

 * Portal:Medicine

Participants
All wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific nephrology expertise in order to contribute to this WikiProject.

Articles needing creation or improvement

 * Cholesterol embolism - further expansion JFW | T@lk  16:01, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Cystatin C - I've heard that it is a good novel marker of kidney function but I'm not a specialist. Made a stub, would be greateful for improvements.
 * Acute renal failure
 * Dialysis adequacy - measurement of renal dialysis
 * DMSA scan - can't myself recall the purpose of these David Ruben Talk 02:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hemodialysis
 * MAG3 scan - needs expert to look at description of its modern role in nephrology David Ruben Talk 02:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Medullary cystic kidney disease - Might make sense to Combine these (MSK & MCKD)
 * Medullary sponge kidney - Might make sense to Combine these (MSK & MCKD)
 * Minimal change disease
 * Nephroblastoma
 * Renal dialysis
 * Renal function - recently GFR & Creatinine clearance merged with this. Is language as clear as it might be ? David Ruben Talk 02:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Peritoneal dialysis
 * Pseudohypoaldosteronism
 * Renal transplant
 * Willem Johan Kolff - Invented dialysis machine, still alive, article needs a photo. &mdash; Gaff ταλκ 19:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Renal hypoplasia

Articles needing images/better images

 * Hemodialysis
 * Peritoneal dialysis
 * Lupus nephritis
 * Minimal change disease
 * Glycosuria

Did you know articles
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Featured articles
None as of yet

Good articles

 * Hepatorenal syndrome
 * Renal tubular acidosis

I'm hoping to nominate home hemodialysis sometime in the near future... when I get a nice picture for it.

Wikipedia articles and categories on Nephrology

 * Nephrology
 * Category:Nephrology

Lists
No lists as of yet

Project notice
The template for marking an article as part of the Nephrology task force is part of the WikiProject Medicine banner, WPMED. It can be inserted into an article's talkpage with:



The first "importance" parameter is the subject's importance to the overall field of medicine, according to the guidelines here. The importance of a subject to the field of nephrology should be listed with the "nephrology-imp" parameter.

Userbox
The nephrology userbox template is available to post on your userpage by inserting the following:

Its appearance:

A direct link to the template is here.