BookLerma, Edgar V.; Nissenson, Allen R.
Contents:
Patient assessment. History and Physical Diagnosis ; Urinalysis ; Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate ; Renal Imaging Techniques ; Renal Biopsy.
Acute kidney injury. Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury ; Management Options: Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy ; Hepatorenal Syndrome ; Cardiorenal Syndrome ; Medications ; Sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury ; Rhabdomyolysis ; Tumor Lysis Syndrome ; Contrast-Induced Nephropathy ; Acute Glomerulonephritis and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ; Nephrotic Syndrome ; Obstructive Uropathy ; Nephrolithiasis. Chronic kidney disease. Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Staging of Chronic Kidney Disease ; Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease ; Renal Osteodeystrophy ; Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease ; Hyperlipidemia ; Nutrition and Malnutrition ; Management of the Patient with Progressive Renal Failure ; Management of the Patient with Resistant Edema ; Management of the Patient with Congestive Heart Failure ; Drug Dosing in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Primary Glomerular disorders. Minimal Change Disease ; Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis ; Membranous Nephropathy ; IgA Nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein Disease ; Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis.
Secondary glomerular disorders. Diabetic Nephropathy ; Lupus Nephritis ; Dysproteinamias or Light Chain Diseases ; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease and Goodpasture's Syndrome ; Vasculitides ; Thrombotic Microangiopathies.
Infection-associated glomerulonephritides. Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis ; Viral Hepatitis-Associated Glomerulonephritis ; HIV-Associated Renal Disorders.
Other renal parenchymal diseases. Fabry Disease ; Cystic Diseases of the Kidneys ; Other Hereditary Renal Diseases ; Tubulointerstitial Diseases ; Urinary Tract Infections ; Renal Neoplasias.
Renal diseases in special populations. Renal Disease and Hypertension in Pregnancy ; Sickle Cell Nephropathy ; Renal Diseases in the Elderly.
Treatment options. Hemodialysis ; Peritoneal Dialysis ; Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (Plasmapheresis).
Transplantation. Epidemiology and Outcomes ; Donor and Recipient Evaluation ; Immunosuppression ; Rejection of the Renal Transplant ; Post-Transplantation Malignancies ; Post-Transplantation Infections ; Primary Care of the Renal Transplant Patient.
Hypertension. Primary Hypertension ; Renal Parenchymal Hypertension ; Renovascular Disease ; Endocrine Hypertension ; Other Forms of Secondary Hypertension ; White Coat Hypertension ; Isolated Systolic Hypertension ; Renal Diseases in African Americans ; Refractory Hypertension ; Hypertensive Emergencies ; Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension ; Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension.
Acid-base and electrolyte disorders. Volume Disorders ; Genetic Disorders of Sodium Transport ; Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia ; Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia ; Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia ; Disorders of Phosphorus Metabolism ; Disorders of Magnesium Metabolism ; Metabolic Acidosis ; Metabolic Alkalosis ; Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders ; Nephrology Beginnings.