Title: Primer on kidney diseases /
Authors: Greenberg, Arthur,; Cheung, Alfred K.
Date: 2009
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier :
Physical description: xvii, 594 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language: English
LC class: R
Abstract: This official publication of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) covers all aspects of adult and pediatric kidney diseases and is ideal for nephrologists and non-nephrologists alike. The full-color design, high-quality photographs, and outstanding graphs and tables make information easy to access and understand. The latest management techniques and pearls from leading clinical experts--including international contributors--offer practical and authoritative guidance. Edited by Dr. Arthur Greenberg and members of the NKF Scientific Advisory Board, this state-of-the-art primer provides consistent depth of coverage, balanced discussion of controversy, and a uniform focus of information. Incorporates the latest NKF Kidney/Outcome Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines on chronic kidney disease staging and management. Features a current and practical review of the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and renal transplantation. Covers the whole field of nephrology in concise and well-illustrated, four-color chapters. Puts complex material and the latest developments into perspective for in-depth, yet succinct summaries in every area. Includes high-quality photographs, as well as outstanding graphs and tables for a varied approach to the subject matter.
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 -- Pathogenesis of hypertension -- evaluation and management of hypertension -- secondary hypertension.