Main description:

This book combines the reference material of a nephrology textbook with the everyday relevance of a clinical handbook. This second edition develops and expands upon the success of the first. All the content has been updated and entirely new chapters on acid-base disorders and stone disease have been added.

Understanding Kidney Diseases includes over 60 real-life case studies and is illustrated with over 200 figures. Readers can test their knowledge with a bank of multiple-choice questions and put it into practice by answering questions that patients frequently ask. The book provides all that students, residents and fellows need in order to approach a patient with a kidney problem with confidence.

Contents:

1. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology.- 2. Measuring Kidney Function.- 3. Plot All the Dots.- 4. How Are You Feeling?.- 5. Do You Have Any Long-Term Health Conditions?.- 6. Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy?.- 7. What Is Your Family History?.- 8. What Have You Been Taking?.- 9. Height and Weight.- 10. Blood Pressure.- 11. Test the Urine.- 12. Examine the Patient.- 13. Full Blood Count, Urea and Electrolytes, Bicarbonate, Bone Profile.- 14. Immunology.- 15. Image the Urinary Tract.- 16. Should We Do A Kidney Biopsy?.- 17. Make a Plan.- 18. Renal Replacement Therapy.- 19. Kidney Disease in Children.- 20. Interpreting Acid-base Abnormalities.- 21. Kidney Disease in Pregnancy and Neonatals.- 22. USS Abnormalities.- 23. UTI and Nephrotic Syndrome.- 24. Epilogue.