Pathophysiology of kidney disease and and hypertension

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moorthy, A. Vishnu (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier , c2009
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Anatomy and physiology of the kidney
  • 2. Body fluid compartments and their regulation
  • 3. Disorders of water metabolism
  • 4. Pathophysiology of potassium metabolism
  • 5. Traeger and Sung-Feng Wen
  • 6. Acid-base homeostasis and metabolic alkalosis
  • 7. Metabolic acidosis and approach to acid-base disorders
  • 8. Glomerular diseases
  • 9. Cystic diseases of the kidney
  • 10. Urinalysis and an approach to kidney diseases
  • 11. Acute kidney injury
  • 12. Chronic kidney disease
  • 13. Replacement therapy for kidney failure:dialysis
  • 14. Replacement therapy for kidney failure: transplantation
  • 15. Essential hypertension
  • 16. Secondary hypertension