National Kidney Foundation Primer on Kidney Diseases 8th Edition Description
For more than 25 years, the National Renal Foundation Primer on Kidney Problems has provided straightforward, thorough coverage of both adult and pediatric kidney diseases. This authoritative, useful reference, now in its 8th edition, has been extensively revised and now covers all pertinent field-related topics, making it a great tool for board review, clinical practice, and residency training.
It totally up-to-dates you on all significant issues in this rapidly evolving sector, such as continuing clinical research and evolving treatment methods. Elsevier and the National Kidney Foundation collaborated on the creation of this potent educational resource and clinical reference.
Here’s what you will learn in this book:
Table of Contents
Part 1 Structure and Function of the Kidney
- Chapter 1 Overview of Kidney Structure and Function
- Chapter 2 Kidney Development
- Chapter 3 Assessment of Kidney Function in Acute and Chronic Settings
- Chapter 4 Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy
- Chapter 5 Hematuria and Proteinuria
- Chapter 6 Imaging of the Kidneys
Part 2 Acid-Base and Electrolytes
- Chapter 7 Hyponatremia and Hypoosmolar Disorders
- Chapter 8 Hypernatremia and Hyperosmolar Disorders
- Chapter 9 Volume, Edema, and the Clinical Use of Diuretics
- Chapter 10 Disorders of Potassium Metabolism
- Chapter 11 Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium Homeostasis
- Chapter 12 Approach to Acid-Base Disorders
- Chapter 13 Metabolic Acidosis
- Chapter 14 Metabolic Alkalosis
- Chapter 15 Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
Part 3 Glomerular Diseases
- Chapter 16 Glomerular Clinicopathologic Syndromes
- Chapter 17 ANCA-Associated Kidney Disease and Vasculitis
- Chapter 18 Minimal Change Disease
- Chapter 19 Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Chapter 20 Membranous Nephropathy
- Chapter 21 Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Related Disorders
Part 4 Kidney in Systemic Diseases
- Chapter 22 Complement-Mediated Glomerulonephritis and Thrombotic Microangiopathy
- Chapter 23 Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis
- Chapter 24 Viral Nephropathies: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and SARS-CoV-2
- Chapter 25 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Kidney
- Chapter 26 Pathogenesis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 27 Onconephrology
- Chapter 28 Myeloma, Amyloid, and Other Dysproteinemias
- Chapter 29 Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Chapter 30 Liver Disease, Acute Kidney Dysfunction, and the Hepatorenal Syndrome
Part 5 Acute Kidney Injury
- Chapter 31 Clinical Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
- Chapter 32 Acute Tubular Injury and Acute Tubular Necrosis
- Chapter 33 Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Part 6 Drugs and the Kidney
- Chapter 34 Kidney Disease Caused by Therapeutic Agents
- Chapter 35 Principles of Drug Therapy in Patients With Decreased Kidney Function
Part 7 Hereditary Kidney Disease
- Chapter 36 APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease
- Chapter 37 Genetically Based Kidney Transport Disorders
- Chapter 38 Sickle Cell Nephropathy
- Chapter 39 Polycystic and Other Cystic Kidney Diseases
- Chapter 40 Nephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 41 Alport Syndrome and Related Disorders
- Chapter 42 Fabry Disease
Part 8 Tubulointerstitial Diseases
- Chapter 43 Chronic Tubulointerstitial Disease
- Chapter 44 Obstructive Uropathy
- Chapter 45 Nephrolithiasis
Part 9 Special Circumstances
- Chapter 46 Kidney Diseases in Infants and Children
- Chapter 47 The Kidney in Pregnancy
- Chapter 48 Management of Kidney Disease in the Elderly
- Chapter 49 Global Kidney Disease
Part 10 Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 50 Development and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 51 Staging and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 52 Nutrition and Kidney Disease
- Chapter 53 Bone and Mineral Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 54 Cardiac Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chapter 55 Anemia and Other Hematologic Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease
Part 11 Treatment of Kidney Failure
- Chapter 56 Hemodialysis and Hemofiltration
- Chapter 57 Peritoneal Dialysis
- Chapter 58 Conservative Kidney Management
- Chapter 59 Selection of Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and Donors
- Chapter 60 Posttransplantation Monitoring and Outcomes
- Chapter 61 Immunosuppression in Transplantation
- Chapter 62 Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation
Part 12 Hypertension
- Chapter 63 Pathogenesis of Hypertension
- Chapter 64 Evaluation and Management of Hypertension
- Chapter 65 Secondary Hypertension
- Index