ABC of Kidney Disease

About the ABC of Kidney Disease David Goldsmith, Reader in Renal Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK; Satish Jayawardene, Consultant Nephrologist, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and Penny Ackland, General Practitioner, Nunhead Grove, South East London, UK

“Overall, this is a nice summary of a broad range of topics for students of the specialty. The second edition provides an update on management of common complications in chronic kidney disease and updates the useful appendixes. The format makes for a book that is easy to follow and informative, and the very impressive figures will allow me to use it in my daily nephrology practice.”  (Doody’s, 6 September 2013)

• Contributors viiPreface ix1 Diagnostic Tests in Chronic Kidney Disease 1Behdad Afzali Satish Jayawardene and David Goldsmith2 Acute Kidney Injury (Formerly Known as Acute Renal Failure) 8Rachel Hilton3 Prevalence Detection Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease 15Penny Ackland4 Pre-Dialysis Clinics: Preparing for End-Stage Renal Disease 23Irene Hadjimichael Eleri Wood and Katie Vinen5 Anaemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease 29Penny Ackland6 Urinary Tract Infections Renal Stones Renal Cysts and Tumours and Pregnancy in Chronic Kidney Disease 33David Goldsmith7 Adult Nephrotic Syndrome 38Richard Hull Sean Gallagher and David Goldsmith8 Renal Artery Stenosis 47Philip Kalra Satish Jayawardene and David Goldsmith9 Palliative Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease 52Frances Coldstream Neil S. Sheerin and Emma Murphy10 Dialysis 57Christopher W. McIntyre and James O. Burton11 Renal Transplantation 63Ming He and John Taylor12 Chronic Kidney Disease Dialysis and Transplantation in Children 71Judy Taylor and Christopher Reid13 The Organization of Services for People with Chronic Kidney Disease: A 21st-Century Challenge 78Donal O’ Donoghue John Feehally and David GoldsmithAppendix 1 Chronic Kidney Disease and Drug Prescribing 83Douglas Maclean Satish Jayawardene and Hayley WellsAppendix 2 Glossary of Renal Terms and Conditions 87David GoldsmithAppendix 3 Top Ten Tips in Kidney Disease 90Satish Jayawardene and David GoldsmithAppendix 4 Maps Showing Variation in Healthcare for People with Kidney Disease 92David GoldsmithIndex 97