BookHugh Rayner, Mark Thomas and David Milford.
Contents:
1. Kidney anatomy and physiology: the basis of clinical nephrology
2. Measuring kidney funciton: quantifying glomerular filtration from laboratory tests
4. How are you feeling? The symptoms of uraemia
5. Do you have any long-term health conditions? Kidney involvement in multisystem diseases
6. Are you pregnant or planning a pregnancy? How pregnancy affects the kidneys and vice versa
7. What is your family history? The molecular genetics of inherited kidney diseases
8. What have you been taking? Nephrotoxicity from medications and other chemicals
9. Height and weight: the effects of kidney disease on body size and composition
10. Blood pressure: a common theme in kidney disease
11. Test the urine: understanding haematuria, proteinuria and urinary infection
13. Full blood count, urea and electrolytes, bicarbonate, bone profile: laboratory results and kidney diseases
14. Immunology: serological tests that help diagnose kidney diseases
15. Image the urinary tract: strengths and weaknesses of different radiology modalities
16. Shoud we do a kidney biopsy? Balancing the diagnostic benefits against the clinical risks
17. Make a plan: when and how to prepare for end-stage kidney disease
18. Renal replacement therapy: common problems in dialysis and transplant patients
19. Epilogue: scaling-up kidney care from one individual to whole population
Multiple choice questions
Multiple choice question answers
Index of case reports
Index of histopathology, radiology and clinical images
Index.