The Waikato Kidney Clinic offers specialist consultations to diagnose, treat and manage all areas of nephrology (kidney medicine) and most general internal medicine conditions.
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) - acute decline in kidney function usually over a few days to months.
- Chronic kidney disease - decrease in kidney function that is persistent and long-standing.
- Management of patients with kidney transplants.
- Management of kidney transplant donors.
- Hypertension, especially hypertension in young individuals, resistant hypertension (hypertension needing three or more anti-hypertensive drugs) and secondary hypertension (hypertension due to an attributable cause such as hormonal problems, overactive adrenal glands or kidney artery narrowing).
- Recurrent urinary tract stones.
- Glomerulonephritis - inflammation of the substance of the kidney and kidney cells (nephrons).
- Urinary abnormalities such as haematuria or proteinuria - leaking blood or protein into the urine.
- Renal complications of systemic diseases such as lupus.
- Electrolyte and acid-base disturbances.
- Specialist renal physician opinion for immigration medicals.
- Health and insurance medical reports for renal/kidney status.
- Most general internal medicine problems - such as chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, fever of unknown origin, and venous thromboembolic disorders.