Primer on kidney diseases
By: editor, Arthur Greenberg ; assoc. editors, Alfred K. Cheung ... [et al.] editors.
Contributors: Greenberg, Arthur.; Cheung, Alfred K.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Elsevier Saunders
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Kidneys -- Diseases; Nephrology; Kidney Diseases; Kidney -- pathology
Description: An official publication of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the book provides a current overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of kidney diseases, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and kidney transplantation. Includes new chapters on pathogenesis and pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy and genetic basis of glomerular and structural kidney disorders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sect. 1. Structure and function of the kidneys and their clinical assessment; title: Sect. 2. Acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte disorders; title: Sect. 3. Glomerular diseases; title: Sect. 4. The kidney in systemic disease; title: Sect. 5. Acute renal failure; title: Sect. 6. Drugs and the kidney; title: Sect. 7. Hereditary renal disorders; title: Sect. 8. Tubulointerstitial nephropathies and disorders of the urinary tract; title: Sect. 9. The kidney in special circumstances; title: Sect. 10. Chronic renal failure and its therapy; title: Sect. 11. Hypertension.