The renal system
By: Michael J. Field, Carol A. Pollock, and David C. Harris ; illustrations by Robert Britton.
Contributors: Pollock, Carol A.; Harris, David C. 1953-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Systems of the body; Systems of the body
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780702033711
Subjects: Urinary organs -- Diseases; Kidneys -- Diseases; Urologic Diseases -- diagnosis -- Problems and Exercises; Diagnosis, Differential -- Problems and Exercises; Diagnostic Techniques, Urological -- Problems and Exercises; Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena -- Problems and Exercises
Genres: Problems and Exercises
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urinary tract structure and infection; title: Body fluids and nephron function and diuretics; title: Water balance and regulation of osmolality; title: Acid-base balance and regulation of pH; title: Glomerular filtration and acute kidney injury; title: Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome; title: Glomerulonephritis and the acute nephritic syndrome; title: Diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease; title: End-stage kidney disease and replacement of renal function; title: Hypertension and the kidney; title: Pregnancy and the kidney; title: Urinary tract obstruction and stones; title: Renal masses and urinary tract tumours; title: Drugs and the kidney.