Presents a review of the core principles and clinical entities associated with nephrology at the point of care. This book covers major acute and chronic kidney diseases, from acid/base disturbances to stones to end stage renal disease. It features a format with recommended timeframes for mastering the content, case studies, and summary tables.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects more than 170 million people worldwide and is recognised as both a cause and consequence of end-stage kidney failure. This book reviews the epidemiology of HCV in dialysis and discusses strategies for screening, transmission prevention, treatment and evaluation/management prior to kidney transplantation.
Nephrology deals with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney. Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is the cause of renal failure in 5-10 per cent of the patients in dialysis or transplantation. This book discusses the several conditions which are associated with the rate of progression.
A practical guide to nutritional management of patients with acute and chronic renal diseases. It presents information on these patients' nutritional requirements and offers dietary recommendations. It includes chapters on the dietary approach to treating patients with kidney stones and hypertension.
A practical guide for physicians, surgeons, nurses, and other professionals who manage kidney transplant patients. It includes information on options for patients with end-stage renal disease, immunosuppressive medications and protocols for kidney transplantation, and the first two months following transplant.
As the dialysis population grows, an expert medical resource on the creation and maintenance of vascular access is much needed. This book fulfils exactly this need, engaging interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and interventional nephrologists.
Gives an introduction to various aspects of drug use in renal failure. Covering a variety of diseases affecting the kidneys, this work discusses the disease process and treatment. It also addresses the role of the pharmacist in patient care, and case studies and questions and answers are included at the end of each chapter.
Provides a broad review of kidney diseases with regards to symptoms, investigation and treatment. This title deals with a variety of clinical entities like glomerulonephritis, kidney stones, hypertension, urinary infection and renal failure. It includes chapters that deal with dialysis and kidney transplantation as well as renal therapeutics.
This book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of supportive care for the renal patient. An international group of contributors emphasise the continuum of palliative care from the time of diagnosis through to end-of-life care and the issues surrounding withdrawal of dialysis.
Offers a discussion of the physiologic and pathophysiologic processes of renal disease. This title includes coverage of molecular biology and cell physiology to clinical issues regarding renal function and dysfunction. It also includes coverage of fluid and electrolyte regulation and dysregulation.
Explains the use of calcium antagonists in hypertension and, specifically, hypertensive and diabetic kidney disease. This book offers an insight in the world of calcium channel blockers. It examines different calcium channel blockers, which may effect kidney microcirculation.
Presenting the views of world experts on the causes and treatment of kidney diseases that complicate various rheumatologic diseases, this book includes pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of diseases providing a readily accessible source of clinical advice for day-to-day practice.
Rheumatology and the Kidney offers views on the causes and treatment of kidney diseases that complicate various rheumatologic diseases. The book includes pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of diseases providing a source of clinical advice for day to day practice.
Provides you with the tools you need to manage various forms of kidney diseases. This title includes such topics as treatment of hypertensive emergencies, herbal and over-the-counter medicines and the kidney, neurologic complications of the kidney, and more.
An established classic through five editions, Pediatric Nephrology is updated and expanded for this 6th edition. Each chapter has been completely rewritten to incorporate approximately 40% of entirely new material, presented in accessible, authoritative style.
In its revised Second Edition, this book offers new and updated chapters and references, and unique contemporary perspective from leading authorities in pediatric nephrology, to provide a best practices manual and more for the global community of experts.
Presents topical research data in the study of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). This book discusses topics that include classification of AKI; acute renal failure in the newborn; kidney ischemia and reperfusion injury; pandemic H1N1 influenza A infection and AKI; biomarkers in acute kidney injury; and, more.
Presenting the principles of renal physiology, this text focuses on the functions of the kidney. It presents an analysis of basic functions of the nephron, as well as a survey of the major regulatory mechanisms of salt and water homeostasis. It is useful for preclinical medical students and serves as an introductory text for physiology students.
Beginning with the basic concepts and methods in renal pathology, this book covers renal anatomy, including gross and miscroscopic appearance and pathogenic mechanisms in renal diseases. Emphasizing clinical pathological correlation and differential diagnosis, it discusses glomerular disease, systemic diseases, vascular diseases, and rejection.
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders straddle the border between infection and malignancy and develop in five to ten percent of transplant recipients. This book details every aspect of these disorders ranging from basic science to clinical topics.
This book is written by students for students - under faculty supervision. This offers the exam-taking student's perspective and the expertise of qualified specialists. Key information is summarised and categorised into colour-coded boxes, presenting the material in a well organised and easily accessible manner.
A biomarker is a molecule that is measured as a marker of normal biological processes, disease processes or the response to a diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. This title reviews the basic and clinical research on biomarkers of the common kidney diseases including acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, renal cancer, and more.
Covering inflammatory, infectious, pre-neoplastic, and neoplastic diseases of the kidney, this title delivers practical, visual guidance for diagnosing a range of pathologic entities. It contains more than 700 illustrations that help you to recognize the pathologic features and clinical manifestations of both common and rare renal disorders.
The revised third edition of this comprehensive handbook continues to provide a reliable, compact guide to all aspects of dialysis, incorporating best practice guidelines and including the most to up-to-date information on new techniques and patient management options.
Advances in long-term improvement and outcomes of patients with kidney disease will require the use of novel biomarkers to identify patients at high risk for kidney disease and to diagnose kidney disease early for effective treatment. This book outlines the advances made in the field of biomarker development for kidney disease.
Includes sections on Global Considerations in Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology, as well as chapters on clinical trials, cardiovascular and renal risk prediction in chronic kidney disease, identification of genetic causes of kidney disease, and others.
Active vitamin D plays a central role in the regulation of calcium by increasing calcium and phosphorus absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, by stimulating osteoclast activity and stimulating calcium absorption in the distal tubule. This book clarifies the components in Vitamin D therapy and other health factors in regard to kidney disease.
Little Black Book Of Nephrology And Hypertension Is A Comprehensive Pocket Reference To All Aspects Of Kidney Disease. This Convenient Resource Offers Quick Access To Vital Information And Makes A Great Reference For Solving Pressing Problems On The Ward Or In The Clinic.
Provides information on various aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. This edition reflects the guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition.
Each of us needs to be wary of prescribing for renal patients. This handbook provides a practical, user-friendly method of ensuring that appropriate prescriptions are given to patients, whether they have normal renal function, renal impairment, transplants or are receiving renal replacement therapy.
Presents the problem of kidney disease by focusing on regenerative mechanisms in renal repair and on the ways these regenerative processes can become subverted by an intrinsic disease process eventuating in its progression. This title covers the various aspects of renal stem cells, tissue regeneration, and stem cell therapies for renal diseases.
This book provides primary care physicians and non-nephrology specialists with an introduction to and insights into chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a practical and focused approach to key topics in the field including epidemiology and diagnosis and management, as well as the impact of CKD on chronic, non-communicable disease.
Contains the clinical information on kidney diseases and their management. This book details the key pathophysiologic, diagnostic, and treatment issues in clinical nephrology, including interventional nephrology, endocrine aspects of kidney disease, and plasmapheresis.
Covers the key facts for the cell and molecular biology module in the form of short answer questions, (clinical cases) multiple choice questions and extended matching questions. Illustrated with simple, easily reproduced line diagrams, this book provides the necessary information for exam success.
Contains historical information as well as updates on renal replacement therapy. This book intends to update the reader on renal replacement therapy as of 2009. It is suitable for those interested in kidney replacement therapy, from students and patients to the professorial level.
With more than 100, 000 renal transplant patients currently surviving in the US, it is proving to be a highly cost-effective alternative to long-term dialysis. This book is a clinically-focused and authoritative guide to the management of renal transplantation.
Offers medical students a case-based approach to learning mechanisms of renal disease. This edition includes a full-color insert and an appendix of normal lab values. Each chapter covers a disease and begins with a patient case, followed by discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease.
The success of treatment in end-stage renal disease is limited by extrarenal complications that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Of these, cardiovascular abnormalities are the most common. This study examines the dual problem of the two conditions.
Based on the "Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology" and companion to the "Oxford Handbook of Dialysis", this book provides information and practical advice about the day to day management of patients with renal disease. It deals with the problem of hypertension, a major cardiovascular risk factor and the indication for prescription drug therapy.
In 1989, the nephrology community was confronted with the combination of high tech and high flux, realising for the first time that short, but mathematically "adequate" therapy resulted in unacceptable outcomes. This book discusses issues that doctors must pay close attention to; those that cause the greatest harm to patients.
Establishing extensive knowledge of pathogenesis is crucial to expand the therapeutic options for diabetic nephropathy. This book presents a treatise on the knowledge about the pathogenesis of this condition. It offers data on the pathogenic factors incriminated in the nephropathy of diabetes.
A problem-solving resource for those involved in the care of dialysis patients. It discusses dialysis techniques, mechanical considerations, and complications related to various diseases for both pediatric and adult patients. It provides practical and useful guidelines that can be applied directly to patient care.
A reference on end-stage renal disease, this work is intended for physicians caring for the rapidly growing population of renal patients. Written by world-class experts, it provides coverage of techniques in peritoneal dialysis, home dialysis, pediatric dialysis, and more.
Kidney transplantation has revolutionised the treatment of end-stage renal failure. Not only does it offer the best hope for complete rehabilitation, but it has also proved to be the most cost-effective of all treatment options, including dialysis. This book examines the research in this field including rejection.
Brings information on almost every clinical condition encountered in nephrology. This book provides coverage of the surgical management of renal stone disease, the management of renal disease in the ICU, and more. It is a useful resource for the trainee or practicing clinician in nephrology, internal medicine or critical care.
Conditions such as oxidative stress and hypoxia have been implicated in the genesis of kidney disease. This book collects reviews from leading researchers and clinical scientists working in exactly this field, providing an overview of the latest advances.
Nephrology is an important speciality; patients with acute or chronic kidney failure are encountered in every medical and surgical speciality, as well as in general practice. On most general medical rotations and on most surgical wards there are patients with renal problems.
Suitable for nephrologists and non-nephrologists, this title covers various aspects of adult and pediatric kidney diseases. It includes various management techniques and pearls from leading clinical experts that offer practical guidance. It features color design, photographs, and graphs and tables that make information easy to access.
Understanding of the underlying causes of bone deformities, bone and joint diseases and growth retardation has made major progress. New drugs have been developed for the treatment and prevention of the renal bone diseases related to renal failure that will benefit those patients affected with these problems.
Gives students a unique advantage in understanding the mechanisms and clinical management of acid-base disorders. This book presents the information needed to understand renal and electrolyte physiology and also reviews the etiology, diagnosis, pathohysiology and treatment rationale for acid-base and electrolyte disturbances.
Provides practical information on various aspects of general nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. This volume covers various practical tips in the emergency and long-term management of patients with electrolyte disturbance, acid-base disturbance, acute renal failure, common glomerular diseases and pregnancy-related renal disorders.
This volume pulls together in one reference source the current knowledge regarding the inherited and immunologic abnormalities which have been identified in systemic lupus erythamatosus (SLE) and the way in which these factors may impact upon the chronic care of these patients.
A companion to "Brenner and Rector's The Kidney" that covers the clinical management issues relevant to chronic kidney disease. It presents you with the advances in hypertensive kidney disease, vitamin D deficiency, diabetes management, transplantation, and more.