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ISBN-10: 0122991001

ISBN-13: 9780122991004

Edition: 3rd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Arthur Greenberg, Alfred K. Cheung, Thomas M. Coffman, Ronald J. Falk, J. Charles Jennette

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The National Kidney Foundation's Primer on Kidney Diseases provides an up-to-date review of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis and renal transplantation. Each chapter is written by an expert.
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Book details

List price: $66.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 3/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 511
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Structure and Function of the Kidney and Their Clinical Assessment
Overview of Renal Function and Structure
The Genetic Basis of Renal Transport Disorders
Clinical Evaluation of Renal Function
Urinalysis
Hematuria and Proteinuria
Renal Imaging Techniques
Acid-Base, Fluid, and Electrolyte Disorders
Hyponatremia and Hypoosmolar Disorders
Hypernatremia
Metabolic Acidosis
Metabolic Alkalosis
Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
Approach to Acid-Base Disorders
Disorders of Potassium Metabolism
Disorders of Calcium and Phosphorus Homeostasis
Edema and the Clinical Use of Diuretics
Glomerular Diseases
Glomerular Clinicopathologic Syndromes
Minimal Change Disease
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Cryoglobulinemia
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Membranous Nephropathy
IgA Nephropathy and Related Disorders
Goodpasture's Syndrome and Other Anti-GBM Disease
The Kidney in Systemic Disease
Renal Function in Congestive Heart Failure
Renal Function in Liver Disease
Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
Renal Involvement in Systemic Vasculitis
Renal Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Rheumatic Disorders
Diabetic Nephropathy
Dysproteinemias and Amyloidosis
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome/Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Renal Diseases Associated with HIV Infection
Acute Renal Failure
Pathophysiology of Acute Renal Failure
Clinical Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure
Renal Failure Caused by Therapeutic Agents
Acute Uric Acid Nephropathy
Cholesterol Atheroembolic Renal Disease
Myoglobinuric and Hemoglobinuric Acute Renal Failure
Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Management of Acute Renal Failure
Drugs and the Kidney
Analgesics and the Kidney
Drug Prescribing in Patients with Renal Failure
Hereditary Renal Disorders
Sickle Cell Nephropathy
Polycystic and Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease
Alport's Syndrome and Related Disorders
Medullary Cystic Disease
Tubulointerstitial Nephropathies and Disorders of the Urinary Tract
Tubulointerstitial Disease
Lithium-Induced Renal Disease
Lead Nephropathy
Hyperoxaluria
Renal Papillary Necrosis
Obstructive Uropathy
Vesicoureteral Reflux and Reflux Nephropathy
Nephrolithiasis
Urinary Tract Infection
The Kidney in Special Circumstances
The Kidney in Infants and Children
The Kidney in Pregnancy
The Kidney in Aging
Chronic Renal Failure and its Therapy
Pathophysiology and Management of Progressive Chronic Renal Failure
Hemodialysis and Hemofiltration
Peritoneal Dialysis
Outcome of End Stage Renal Disease Therapies
Nutrition and Renal Disease
Renal Osteodystrophy and Other Musculoskeletal Complications of Chronic Renal Failure
Cardiac Function and Cardiac Disease in Renal Failure
Hematologic Manifestations of Renal Failure
Endocrine and Neurological Manifestations of Renal Failure
The Evaluation of Prospective Renal Transplant Recipients
Renal Transplantation: Immunosuppression and Postoperative Management
Hypertension
Pathogenesis of Hypertension
Essential Hypertension
Renovascular Hypertension
Therapy of Hypertension
Index