Full Description
This exciting new reference brings you information about the most controversial nephrology challenges you face in your practice. The book confidently tackles these subjects and gives seasoned advice on the latest diagnostic and treatment strategies using evidence-based medicine wherever possible. It gives you the latest information you need to keep pace with the fast-paced, dynamic environment of neonatology.Reconsider how you handle difficult practice issues with coverage that addresses these topics head on and offers opinions from the leading experts in the field, supported by evidence whenever possible.Find information quickly and easily with a consistent chapter organization.Get the most authoritative advice available from world-class neonatologists who have the inside track on new trends and developments in neonatal care.Purchase each volume individually, or get the entire 6-volume set, which includes online access that allows you to search across all titles! Stay current in practice with coverage on lung fluid balance in developing lungs and its role in neonatal transition; acute problems of prematurity: balancing fluid volume and electrolyte replacement in very-low-birth-weight and extremely-low-birth-weight neonates; and much more.Access the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.com.
Contents
Section A1. Water Flux and fetal Amniotic Fluid Volume: Understanding Fetal Water Flow 2. Body water changes in the Fetus and Newborn: Normal Transition after Birth and the Effects of Intrauterine Growth AbberationSection B: Electrolyte Balance during Normal Fetal and Neonatal Development3. Renal Aspects of Sodium Metabolism in the Fetus and Newborn 4. Potassium metabolism 5. Renal Urate Metabolism in the Fetus and Newborn 6. Perinatal Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism 7. Acid-base Homeostasis in the Fetus and Newborn Section C: The Kidney, Normal Development and Hormonal Control8. Glomerular Filtration Rate in Neonates Section D: Special Problems9. The Developing Kidney and the Fetal Origins of Adult Cardiovascular Disease10. Renin Modulation: Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System 11. Renal Modulation: Arginine Vasopressin and Atrieal Natriuretic Peptide12. Acute Problems of Prematurity: Balancing Fluid Volume and Electrolyte Replacement in Very Low Birth Weight and Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates13. Lung Fluid Balance in Developing Lungs and Its Role in Neonatal Transition 14. Use of Diurects in the Newborn15. Neonatal Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management16. Edema 17. Kidney Injury in the Neonate18. Hereditary Tubulopathies19. Obstructive Uropathies: Assessment of Renal Function in the Fetus
