Pathophysiology of kidney disease and hypertension
By: [edited by] A. Vishnu Moorthy ; associate editors, Bryan N. Becker, Frederick J. Boehm III, Arjang Djamali.
Contributors: Moorthy, A. Vishnu.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416043911
Subjects: Kidneys -- Pathophysiology; Renal hypertension; Kidney Diseases -- physiopathology; Kidney Diseases -- therapy; Acid-Base Imbalance; Hypertension, Renal; Renal Replacement Therapy; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy and physiology of the kidney / A. Vishnu Moorthy and Tracy C. Blichfeldt; title: Body fluid compartments and their regulation / Byram Hirsch Ozer and Peter C. Brazy; title: Disorders of water metabolism / Ryan Kipp and Peter C. Brazy; title: Disorders of sodium metabolism / Claire Elliott Herrick, Jonathan Jaffery, and Arjang Djamali; title: Pathophysiology of potassium metabolism / Kelly Ann Traeger and Sung-Feng Wen; title: Acid-base homeostasis and metabolic alkalosis / Kelly Ann Traeger, Frederick J. Boehm III, and Arjang Djamali; title: Metabolic acidosis and approach to acid-base disorders / Frederick J. Boehm III, Kelly Ann Traeger, and Arjang Djamali; title: Glomerular diseases / A. Vishnu Moorthy ... [et al.]; title: Cystic diseases of the kidney / Kristin M. Lyerly and Arjang Djamali; title: Urinalysis and an approach to kidney diseases / A. Vishnu Moorthy and Frederick J. Boehm III; title: Acute kidney injury / Paul S. Kellerman and Tracy C. Blichfeldt; title: Chronic kidney disease / Ryan Kipp and Paul S. Kellerman; title: Replacement therapy for kidney failure: dialysis / Joshua David Lindsey and Paul S. Kellerman; title: Replacement therapy for kidney failure: transplantation / Millie Samaniego, Yolanda T. Becker, and Joshua David Lindsey; title: Essential hypertension / Theodore L. Goodfriend and Kristin M. Lyerly; title: Secondary hypertension / Kristin M. Lyerly and Theodore L. Goodfriend.