Primer on kidney diseases / editor, Arthur Greenberg ; associate editors, Alfred K. Cheung ... [et al.].
Publication details: San Diego : Academic Press, c1998.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 542 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0122990900
- 9780122990908
- 616.61 21 PRI
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Contents
I. Structure and function of the kidneys and their clinical assessment
Overview of kidney function and structure
Clinical evaluation of kidney function
Urinalysis
Hematuria and proteinuria
Imaging the kidneys
II. Acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte disorders
Hyponatremia and hyposmolar disorders
Hypernatremia
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis and alkalosis
Approach to acid-base disorders
Disorders of potassium metabolism
Disorders o calcium and phosphorus
Disorders of magnesium homeostasis
Edema and the clinical use of diuretics
III. Glomerular diseases
Glomerular clinicopathologic syndromes
Minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Focal segmantal glomerulosclerosis
Membranous nephropathy
Immunoglobulin A nephropathy and related disorders
Goodpasture's Syndrome and other anti-glomerular basement membrane disease
IV. The Kidney in systemic disease
Postinfectious glomerulonephritis
Kidney involvement in systemic vasculitis
Renal manifestations of systemic Lupus-erythematosus
Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy
Management of diabetic nephropathy
Dysproteinemias and amyloidosis
Thrombolic microangiopathies
Kidney disorders in human immunodeficiency virus infection
Kidney function in congestive heart failure
Renal function in liver disease. V. Drugs and the kidney
Pathophysiology of acute kidney injury
Clinical approach to the diagnosis of acute renal failure
Kidney function impairment caused by?
Therapeutic agents
Cholesterol atheroembolic kidney disease
Myoglobinuric and hemoglobinuric acute kidney injury
Management of acute kidney injury
VI. Drugs and the kidney
Analgesics? and the kidney
Principles of drug therapy in patients with reduced kidney function
VII. Hereditary kidney disorders
Genetically based renal transport disorders
Sickle cell nephropathy
Polycystic and other cyctic kidney diseases
Nephronophthisis and medullary cystic kidney? disease
Alport's syndrome and related disorders
VIII. Tubulointerstitial nephropathies and disorders of the urinary tract
Acute and chronic Tubulointerstitial disease?
Obstructive uropathy
Nephrolithiasis
Urinary tract infection.
IX. The kidney in special circumstances
the kidney in infants and children
The kidney in pretgnancy
The kidney in aging
X. Chronic kidney disease and its therapy
Pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease
Staging and management of chronic kidney disease
Hemodialysis and hemofiltration
Peritoneal dialysis
Outcome of end-stage renal disease therapies
Nutrition and kidney disease
Bone disorders in chronic kidney disease?
Cardiac function and cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease
Hematologic manifestations of chronic kidney disease
Endocrine and neurologic manifestations of chronic kidney disease
Selection of prospective kidney transplant recipients
Post-transplantation monitoring and outcomes
XI. Hypertension
Parthenogenesis of hypertension
Evaluation and management of hypertension
Secondary hypertension.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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