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Kidney Care deals with study of kidneys as well as its illnesses like normal kidney function, kidney problems, the treatment of kidney stone problems and renal replacement therapy, CKD which are common like hemodialysis and kidney transplantation. Kidney function studies: Improved levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine are the hallmarks of acute renal failure. Systemic illnesses that affect the kidneys as diabetes and autoimmune disease and systemic complications that occur as a result of kidney problems as renal osteodystrophy and hypertension are also studied in nephrology. A medical doctor who took extra training to become an expert in nephrology may call themselves a nephrologists or renal physician