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The National Kidney Foundation Primer on Kidney Diseases is your ideal companion in clinical nephrology! From anatomy, histology, and physiology, through the diagnosis and management of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and kidney transplantation, this trusted manual from Elsevier and the National Kidney Foundation provides an accessible, efficient overview of kidney diseases that's perfect for residency, fellowship, clinical practice, and board review. Incorporate the latest NKF Kidney/ Outcome Quality Initiative guidelines on chronic kidney disease staging and management. Review the basics with a current and practical review of the anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and renal transplantation.Put the latest knowledge to work in your practice with 8 brand-new chapters including kidney development, assessment of kidney function in acute and chronic settings, the kidney in malignancy, acute tubular injury and acute tubular necrosis, acute interstitial nephritis, Fabry Disease, immunosuppression, and transplant infectious disease, as well as comprehensive updates on acute kidney injury, transplant medicine, kidney function and kidney disease in the elderly, GFR estimation, biomarkers in kidney disease, recently described pathologic targets in membranous nephropathy, minimal change disease, viral nephropathies, and much more!Get expert advice from a new team of editors, led by Scott Gilbert and Dan Weiner from Tufts University School of Medicine, each bringing a fresh perspective and a wealth of clinical experience.Quickly access the complete contents online at Expert Consult, with fully searchable text, downloadable images, and additional figures and graphs.
Contents
Section 1Clinical AssessmentOverview of Kidney Function and Structure Kidney DevelopmentAssessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Acute and Chronic Settings Urinalysis and Urine MicroscopyHematuria and ProteinuriaKidney ImagingSection 2: Acid-Base, Fluid, and Electrolyte DisordersHyponatremia and Hypoosmolar DisordersHypernatremia Edema and the Clinical Use of DiureticsDisorders of Potassium MetabolismDisorders of Mineral Metabolism: Calcium, Phosphorus, and MagnesiumApproach to Acid-Base DisordersMetabolic AcidosisMetabolic AlkalosisRespiratory Acidosis and AlkalosisSection 3: Glomerular DiseasesGlomerular Clinicopathologic SyndromesMinimal Change DiseaseFocal Segmental GlomerulosclerosisMembranous NephropathyImmunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Related DisordersGoodpasture Syndrome and Other Antiglomerular Basement Membrane DiseasesSection 4: The Kidney in Systemic DiseasePostinfectious GlomerulonephritisKidney Involvement in Systemic VasculitisKidney Manifestations of Systemic Lupus ErythematosusPathogenesis, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetic NephropathyDysproteinemias and AmyloidosisThrombotic MicroangiopathiesViral Nephropathies: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Hepatitis B VirusAcute Cardiorenal SyndromeHepatorenal Syndrome and Other Liver-Related Kidney DiseasesThe Kidney in CancersSection 5: Acute Kidney InjuryPathophysiology of Acute Kidney InjuryClinical Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Kidney InjuryAcute Tubular Injury and Acute Tubular NecrosisAcute Interstitial NephritisManagement of Acute Kidney InjurySection 6: Drugs and the KidneyKidney Disease Caused by Therapeutic AgentsPrinciples of Drug Therapy in Patients with Reduced Kidney FunctionSection 7: Hereditary Kidney DisordersGenetically Based Renal Transport DisordersSickle Cell NephropathyPolycystic and Other Cystic Kidney DiseasesNephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Kidney DiseaseAlport Syndrome and Related DisordersFabry DiseaseSection 8: Tubulointerstitial Nephropathies and Disorders of the Urinary TractChronic Tubulointerstitial DiseaseObstructive UropathyNephrolithiasisUrinary Tract Infection & PyelonephritisSection 9: The Kidney in Special CircumstancesThe Kidney in Infants and ChildrenThe Kidney in PregnancyKidney Disease in the ElderlySection 10: Chronic Kidney Disease and Its TherapyPathophysiology of Chronic Kidney DiseaseStaging and Management of Chronic Kidney DiseaseNutrition and Kidney DiseaseBone Disorders in Chronic Kidney DiseaseCardiac Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney DiseaseAnemia and Other Hematologic Complications of Chronic Kidney DiseaseSection 11: Kidney Replacement Therapies: Dialysis and TransplantationHemodialysis Peritoneal DialysisOutcomes of Kidney Replacement TherapiesSelection of Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and DonorsPosttransplantation Monitoring and OutcomesImmunosuppression in TransplantationInfectious Complications of Kidney TransplantationSection 12: HypertensionPathogenesis of HypertensionEvaluation and Management of HypertensionSecondary Hypertension
