ABC of kidney disease
By: edited by David Goldsmith, Satish Jayawardene, Penny Ackland.
Contributors: Goldsmith, David, 1959-; Jayawardene, Satish.; Ackland, Penny.
Series: ABC series; ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, Mass; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781405136754
Subjects: Kidneys -- Diseases; Family medicine; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic
Description: 'ABC of Kidney Disease' demystifies renal medicine for the GP and generalist with clear guidelines and advice on screening, management and appropriate referral.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diagnostic tests in chronic kidney disease / Behdad Afzali, Satish Jayawardene, David Goldsmith; title: Screening and early intervention in chronic kidney disease / Richard Burden, Charlie Tomson; title: Chronic kidney disease : prevention of progression and of cardiovascular complications / Mohsen El Kossi ... [et al.]; title: Adult nephrotic syndrome / Richard Hull, Sean Gallagher, David Goldsmith; title: Renal artery stenosis / Philip Kalra, Satish Jayawardene, David Goldsmith; title: Urinary tract infections, renal stones, renal cysts and tumours and pregnancy in chronic kidney disease / David Goldsmith; title: Acute kidney injury / Rachel Hilton; title: Chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation in children / Judy Taylor, Christopher Reid; title: Conservative ('non dialytic') treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease / Frances Coldstream, Neil S. Sheerin; title: Dialysis / Christopher W. McIntyre, James O. Burton; title: Renal transplantation / Ming He, John Taylor; title: The organization of services for people with chronic kidney disease : a 21st century / Donal O'Donoghue, John Feehally.