The renal system at a glance

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Callaghan, C. A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley-Blackwell , c2009
Edition:3rd ed
Series:The at a glance series
Subjects:
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