The renal system at a glance
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
c2009
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
| Series: | The at a glance series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The kidney: structural overview
- 2. The kidney: functional overview
- 3. Development of the renal system
- 4. Clinical features of kidney disease
- 5. The kidney: laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging
- 6. Renal sodium handling
- 7. Renal potassium handling
- 8. Renal acid-base and buffer concepts
- 9. Renal acid-base handling
- 10. Calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism
- 11. The kidney and water handling
- 12. Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease
- 13. Renal vascular biology
- 14. Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney
- 15. Renal pharmacology: diuretics
- 16. Hereditary disorders of tubular transport
- 17. Regulation of body sodium and body water
- 18. Disorders of sodium and water metabolism
- 19. Hyponatremia and hypernatremia
- 20. The edema states: sodium and water retention
- 21. Regulation of potassium metabolism
- 22. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia
- 23. Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium
- 24. Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia
- 25. Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances
- 26. Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis
- 27. Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, and respiratory alkalosis
- 28. Renal tubular acidosis
- 29. Glomerular disease: an overview
- 30. Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases
- 31. Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli
- 32. Tubulointerstitial disease
- 33. Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome
- 34. Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation
- 35. Hypertension: complications and therapy
- 36. Diabetes mellitus and the kidney
- 37. Renal vascular disease
- 38. Polycystic kidney disease
- 39. Acute kidney injury: pathophysiology
- 40. Acute kidney injury: clinical aspects
- 41. Chronic kidney disease and kidney function in the elderly
- 42. Severe chronic kidney disease and renal bone disease
- 43. Severe chronic kidney disease: clinical complications and their management
- 44. Treatment of kidney failure with dialysis
- 45. Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration
- 46. Renal transplantation
- 47. Urinary tract infection
- 48. Renal tract stones
- 49. Renal tract cancer
- 50. Pregnancy and the renal system