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Welcome to this medicine task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine| Medicine talk page]], the centralized point for discussion, ''thank you''.

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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 [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list|to-do list]] there.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject/Best practices]].

==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 [[WP:MEDMOS|medical manual of style]] in the nephrology articles
*increase the number of images attached to articles
*produce nephrology-themed [[WP:FA|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 <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:kidney|<nowiki>Kidney</nowiki>]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> and create a nephrology template that lists the most common renal diseases.

===Related [[Wikipedia:Portal|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.

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|bgcolor="#cccccc"| '''Special Interests (if any)'''
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| [[User:Nephron|Nephron]] <small>[[User_talk:Nephron|&nbsp;T]]|[[Special:Contributions/Nephron|C]]</small> 04:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
| [[dialysis adequacy]], [[home hemodialysis]]
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| [[User:InvictaHOG|InvictaHOG]] 10:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
| pediatric renal issues
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| [[User:Samir_(The_Scope)|Samir]]   <small>[[User_talk:Samir_(The_Scope)|धर्म]]</small>
| general [[nephrology]], [[dialysis]] allocation, [[transplantation]]
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| [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]]
| nephrology in systemic disease
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|[[User:Felix-felix|Felix-felix]]
|Renal physiology RRT General Neph
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|[[User:Gaff|Gaff]]
|General nephrology
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|[[User:BillpSea|BillpSea]]
|Dialysis; information of particular interest to those on dialysis
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|[[User:muskdial|muskdial]]
|Dialysis; Urea Kinetic Modeling; Medical Calculations and Software
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|[[User:Davidruben|David Ruben]]
|General Practitioner, but enjoyed my time as a Renal [[Senior house officer|SHO]] 
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|[[User:Limjason|Limjason]] ([[User talk:Limjason|talk]]) 02:28, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
|An enthusiast about Automated wearable artificial kidney
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|[[User:Madhero88|Maen. K. A.]] ([[User talk:Madhero88|talk]])
|Interested in [[lupus nephritis]]
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|[[User:Drcheech|Drcheech]] ([[User talk:Drcheech|talk]])
|Pediatric nephrology, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease
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|[[User:Hamtechperson|<span style="color:#1B1BB3;">Ham</span>]][[User talk:Hamtechperson|<span style="color:#98ED00;">tech</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Hamtechperson|<span style="color:#FB000D;">person</span>]]
|My life has been directly affected by [[Polycystic Kidney Disease|PKD]]
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==Articles==
{{Task force assessment|Medicine|Nephrology}}

===Articles needing creation or improvement===
*[[Cholesterol embolism]] - further expansion [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 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 [[User:Davidruben|David Ruben]] <sup> [[User talk:Davidruben|Talk]] </sup> 02:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
*[[Hemodialysis]]
*[[MAG3 scan]] - needs expert to look at description of its modern role in nephrology [[User:Davidruben|David Ruben]] <sup> [[User talk:Davidruben|Talk]] </sup> 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 ? [[User:Davidruben|David Ruben]] <sup> [[User talk:Davidruben|Talk]] </sup> 02:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC) 
*[[Peritoneal dialysis]]
*[[Pseudohypoaldosteronism]]
*[[Renal transplant]]
*[[Willem Johan Kolff]] - Invented dialysis machine, still alive, article needs a photo.<em>&mdash;[[User:Gaff|<span style="color:Indigo;">Gaff</span>]] <sup><small>[[User_talk:Gaff|<b style="color:MediumSlateBlue;">ταλκ</b>]]</small></sup></em> 19:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
*[[Renal hypoplasia]]

===Articles needing images/better images===
*[[Hemodialysis]]
*[[Peritoneal dialysis]]
*[[Lupus nephritis]]
*[[Minimal change disease]]
*[[Glycosuria]]

==Special articles==
===[[WP:DYK|Did you know articles]]===
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===[[WP:FA|Featured articles]]===
None as of yet

===[[WP:GA|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

==Templates==
===Nephrology templates===
{{kidney}}
{{Nephrology}}

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

:<nowiki>{{WPMED |class= |importance= |nephrology=yes |nephrology-imp= }}</nowiki>

The first "importance" parameter is the subject's importance to the overall field of medicine, according to the guidelines [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Assessment#Importance_scale|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 [[WP:USERPAGE|userpage]] by inserting the following:
:''<nowiki>{{User WikiProject Nephrology}}</nowiki>''

Its appearance:

{{User WikiProject Nephrology}}

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A direct link to the template is [[Template:User WikiProject Nephrology |here]].

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