The Kidney and Its Disorders
Published on 17. July 1989
Book
Hardback
808 pages
978-0-632-00869-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers the main topics of adult nephrology and includes a chapter on transplantation and congenital abnormalities. It aims to be practical and useful and clinical management is emphasized throughout. The level is such that the content could be assimilated by final year medical students, but it is primarily aimed at those preparing for the MRCP or are registrars in-training. Throughout the text, there has been a great use of tables, algorithms and line diagrams so that a maximum of information can be conveyed in a very concise format. The latest understanding of anatomy and its relationship to function, transport mechanisms, immunological process and normal regulation of kidney function have been incorporated.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
313 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Weight
1812 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-00869-8 (9780632008698)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Structure of the kidney; relationship to function; renal blood supply and its regulation; investigation of renal disease: history, physical examination and examination of the urine; investigation of renal disease: anatomy and structure; investigation of renal disease: glomeruler function; tubular transport and tubular function tests; proteinuria; haematuria; hormonal regulation of water and electrolytes; polyuria; electrolytes disturbances; acid-base balance; Fluid balance; introduction to glomerulonephritis; histological patterns of glomerulonephritis; clinical presentation of glomerulonephritis; clinicopathological correlations in glomerulonephritis; glomerulonephritis and the multisystem vasculitides; glomerulonephritis associated with infectious diseases; the management of glomerulonephritis; acute renal failure; pigment nephropathy: rhabdomyolysis and haemolysis; chronic renal failure: introduction and pathogenesis; chronic renal failure: clinical features and complications; chronic renal failure: conservative treatment; principles of dialysis and related techniques; peritoneal dialysis; haemodialysis and related techniques; renal transplantation; the kidney and the cardiovascular system; the kidney and the endocrine system; the kidney and the skeletal system; hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis complicating renal disease; the kidney and the haemopoietic system; the kidney and pregnancy; the liver and the kidney; the kidney and neoplastic diseases; acute interstitial nephritis; urinary tract infections; obstructive uropathy; calculi and nephrocalcinosis; amyloidosis; prescribing of drugs in renal failure; drug induced renal disease; dietary management of the patient with renal disease; dietary management of the patient with renal disease; cystic diseases of the kidney.