Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology

"This comprehensive book covers medical topics relevant to today's clinicians. It is divided into five sections, including diseases and disorders, differential diagnosis, clinical algorithms, laboratory tests and interpretation of results, and clinical practice guidelines. The Ebook contains additional content on clinical topics as well as patient teaching guides." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Mark Cason Rudy, MD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 5 Stars!

• SECTION I Essential Renal Anatomy and Physiology1. Renal Anatomy2. Renal PhysiologySECTION II Investigation of Renal Disease3. Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate4. Urinalysis5. Point of Care Ultrasound in Nephrology6. Radiologic and Nuclear Imaging in Nephrology7. Kidney BiopsySECTION III Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders8. Disorders of Extracellular Volume9. Disorders of Water Metabolism10. Disorders of Potassium Metabolism11. Disorders of Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium Metabolism12. Normal Acid-Base Balance13. Metabolic Acidosis14. Metabolic Alkalosis15. Respiratory Acidosis, Respiratory Alkalosis, and Mixed Acid-Base DisordersSECTION IV Glomerular Disease16. Introduction to Glomerular Disease: Clinical Presentations17. Introduction to Glomerular Disease: Histologic Classification and Pathogenesis18. Minimal Change Disease19. Primary and Secondary (Nongenetic) Causes of Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis20. Inherited Causes of Nephrotic Syndrome21. Membranous Nephropathy22. Immunoglobulin-Mediated Glomerulonephritis With a Membranoproliferative Pattern of Injury and Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis23. Glomerulonephritis Associated With Complement Disorders24. Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)25. Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease and Goodpasture Disease26. Renal and Systemic Vasculitis27. Lupus Nephritis28. Monoclonal Immunoglobulin-Related Glomerular Diseases and Renal Amyloidosis29. Rare Glomerular Disorders30. Thrombotic Microangiopathies, Including Hemolytic Uremic SyndromeSECTION V Diabetic Kidney Disease31. Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, and Natural History of Diabetic Kidney Disease32. Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease33. Management of Patients With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney DiseaseSECTION VI Hypertension34. Normal Blood Pressure Control and the Evaluation of Hypertension35. Primary Hypertension36. Nonpharmacologic Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension37. Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension38. Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertensive Urgencies and Emergencies39. Endocrine Causes of Hypertension: Aldosterone40. Other Endocrine Causes of Hypertension41. Neurogenic Hypertension, Including Hypertension Associated With Stroke or Spinal Cord Injury42. Blood Pressure Management in the Dialysis PatientSECTION VII Renovascular Disease43. Renovascular Hypertension, Atherosclerotic Renal Vascular Disease, and Thromboembolic Kidney DiseaseSECTION VIII Pregnancy and Renal Disease44. Kidney Physiology and Complications in Normal Pregnancy45. Pregnancy With Preexisting Kidney DiseaseSECTION IX Hereditary and Congenital Diseases of the Kidney46. Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease47. Other Cystic Kidney Diseases48. Alport Syndrome and Other Familial Glomerular Syndromes49. Inherited Disorders of Sodium and Water Handling50. Fanconi Syndrome and Other Proximal Tubule Disorders51. Sickle Cell Diseases and the Kidney52. Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary TractSECTION X Infectious Diseases and the Kidney53. Urinary Tract Infections in Adults54. Tuberculosis of the Urinary Tract55. Fungal Infections of the Urinary Tract56. The Kidney in Schistosomiasis57. Glomerular Diseases Associated With Infection58. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and the Kidney59. Kidney Diseases Associated With CoronavirusesSECTION XI Urologic Disorders60. Nephrolithiasis and Nephrocalcinosis61. Urinary Tract Obstruction62. Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux and Reflux Nephropathy63. Urologic Issues for the NephrologistSECTION XII Tubulointerstitial and Vascular Diseases64. Acute Interstitial Nephritis65. Chronic Interstitial Nephritis66. Endemic NephropathiesSECTION XIII Renal Disease and Cancer67. Oncology: Kidney Disease in Cancer Patients68. Myeloma and the Kidney69. Kidney Disease in Liver, Cardiac, Lung, and Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationSECTION XIV Acute Kidney Injury70. Pathophysiology and Etiology of Acute Kidney Injury71. Acute Kidney Injury in the Tropics72. Diagnosis and Clinical Evaluation of Acute Kidney Injury73. Epidemiology and Prognostic Impact of Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease74. Prevention and Nondialytic Management of Acute Kidney Injury75. Extracorporeal Therapies for Acute Kidney Injury and Heart Failure76. Hepatorenal SyndromeSECTION XV Drug Therapy in Kidney Disease77. Principles of Drug Therapy, Dosing, and Prescribing in Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Replacement Therapy78. Common Issues in Prescribing in Kidney Disease and Kidney Replacement Therapy79. Herbal and Over-the-Counter Medicines and the KidneySECTION XVI Chronic Kidney Disease and Uremic Syndrome80. Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis81. Pathophysiology of Disease Progression in Proteinuric and Nonproteinuric Kidney Disease82. Slowing the Progression of Kidney Disease83. Clinical Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease84. Pathogenesis and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease85. Practical Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease86. Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease87. Other Blood and Immune Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease88. Bone and Mineral Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease89. Neurologic Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease90. Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease91. Dermatologic Manifestations of Chronic Kidney Disease92. Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease and Malignant NeoplasmsSECTION XVII Geriatric and Palliative Nephrology93. Geriatric Nephrology94. Palliative NephrologySECTION XVIII Dialytic Therapies95. Approach to Kidney Replacement Therapy96. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis97. Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology98. Hemodialysis: Principles and Techniques99. Hemodialysis: Dialysis Prescription and Adequacy100. Acute Complications During Hemodialysis101. Peritoneal Dialysis: Principles, Techniques, and Adequacy102. Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis103. Extracorporeal Therapies for Drug Overdose and Poisoning104. Plasma ExchangeSECTION XIX Transplantation105. Immunologic Principles in Kidney Transplantation106. Immunosuppressive Medications in Kidney Transplantation107. Evaluation and Preoperative Management of Kidney Transplant Recipient and Donor108. Kidney Transplantation Surgery109. Prophylaxis and Treatment of Kidney Transplant Rejection110. Infections and Malignancies in the Kidney Transplant Recipient111. Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Abnormalities in the Kidney Transplant Recipient112. Chronic Allograft Injury113. Recurrent Disease in Kidney Transplantation114. Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation: Identification, Measures, and Evaluation