Renal pathophysiology
Subtitle: the essentials
By: Helmut G. Rennke, Bradley M. Denker.
Contributors: Denker, Bradley M.; Rose, Burton David, 1942-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780781796262
Subjects: Kidneys -- Pathophysiology.; Kidney Diseases -- physiopathology.
Description: Concise text on the mechanisms of renal disease, for second-year medical students. Each chapter begins with a case study and concludes with a discussion and answers to questions posed throughout the chapter.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Renal pathophysiology / Burton D. Rose, Helmut G. Rennke. c1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Review of renal physiology; title: Regulation of salt and water balance; title: Disorders of water balance : hyponatremia, hypernatremia, and polyuria; title: Edematous states and the use of diuretics; title: Acid-base physiology and metabolic alkalosis; title: Metabolic acidosis; title: Disorders of potassium balance; title: Urinalysis and approach to the patient with renal disease; title: Pathogenesis of major glomerular and vascular diseases; title: Progression of chronic renal failure; title: Acute renal failure; title: Signs and symptoms of chronic renal failure; title: Tubulointerstitial diseases.