The renal system at a glance
By: C.A. O'Callaghan.
Contributors: O'Callaghan, C. A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405131360
Subjects: Kidneys -- Diseases.; Kidneys.; Kidney -- physiology.; Kidney -- physiopathology.; Kidney Diseases.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The kidney at a glance. 2000.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The kidney: structural overview; title: The kidney: functional overview; title: Development of the renal system; title: Clinical features of kidney disease; title: The kidney: laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging; title: Renal sodium handling; title: Renal potassium handling; title: Renal acid-base and buffer concepts; title: Renal acid-base handling; title: Calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism; title: The kidney and water handling; title: Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease; title: Renal vascular biology; title: Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney; title: Renal pharmacology: diuretics; title: Hereditary disorders of tubular transport; title: Regulation of body sodium and body water; title: Disorders of sodium and water metabolism; title: Hyponatremia and hypernatremia; title: The edema states: sodium and water retention; title: Regulation of potassium metabolism; title: Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia; title: Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium; title: Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia; title: Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances; title: Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis; title: Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, and respiratory alkalosis; title: Renal tubular acidosis; title: Glomerular disease: an overview; title: Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases; title: Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli; title: Tubulointerstitial disease; title: Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome; title: Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation; title: Hypertension: complications and therapy; title: Diabetes mellitus and the kidney; title: Renal vascular disease; title: Polycystic kidney disease; title: Acute renal failure: pathophysiology; title: Acute renal failure: clinical aspects; title: Chronic renal failure and renal bone disease; title: Chronic renal failure: clinical complications and their management; title: Treatment of renal failure with dialysis; title: Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration; title: Renal transplantation; title: Urinary tract infection; title: Renal tract stones; title: Renal tract cancer; title: Pregnancy and the renal system; title: Clinical cases for self-assessment; title: Clinical cases: answers and explanations.