The Principles and Practice of Nephrology
Published on 1. November 1990
Book
Hardback
992 pages
978-1-55664-149-7 (ISBN)
Description
This clinical, practical text on renal medicine covers pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and prevention, with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidney. Designed to meet the needs of the practitioner, it includes recent issues and treatment advances in AIDS and the kidney, transplantation, renal disease in pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes.
This clinical, practical text on renal medicine covers pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and prevention, with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidney. Designed to meet the needs of the practitioner, it includes recent issues and treatment advances in AIDS and the kidney, transplantation, renal disease in pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes.
This clinical, practical text on renal medicine covers pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and prevention, with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidney. Designed to meet the needs of the practitioner, it includes recent issues and treatment advances in AIDS and the kidney, transplantation, renal disease in pregnancy, hypertension and diabetes.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
2509 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55664-149-7 (9781556641497)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base disorders; divalent ion metabolism and its regulation; evaluation of renal function in diagnostic tests in nephrology; glomerular diseases; interstitial diseases; cystic diseases, congenital disorders and genetic disorders; obstruction of the urinary tract; diabetes; hypertension; nephrotoxic injury; renal disease in pregnancy; infections; acute renal failure; chronic renal failure and the syndrome of uremia; nutrition in renal disease; principles and techniques for dialysis, plasmapheresis and haemoperfusion; transplantation; drugs in renal disease; strategies for the prevention of renal failure.