DESCRIPTION:
Through case presentations and a question and answer format, Clinical Decisions in Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation provides a state of the art, updated reference for the optimal management of patients with diseases of the kidneys, and hypertension. This volume starts with the assessment of the patient, focusing on history and physical examination. Subsequently, cases depicting various clinical syndromes and/or diseases are presented, with questions centering on the appropriate diagnostic and treatment strategy. This sets the stage for a `Socratic approach"" to learning between the attending physician and the house staff or medical student.
This is the only book featuring problem-oriented true to life clinical cases in this format to cover nephrology, hypertension and kidney transplantation. Written by renowned actively practicing clinicians, this unique reference is both comprehensive and concise and will be of great value to hospitalists and internists, as well as students, and interns/residents rotating in nephrology and internal medicine. Clinical practitioners, in the fields of critical care and hypertension specialists would also find this of value.
CONTENTS:
I: Patient Assessment
Chapter 1: Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease
Chapter 2: Assessment of Renal Function
Chapter 3: Approach to Renal Diagnostic Testing
II: Glomerural Diseases
Chapter 4: Approach to the Patient with Nephrotic Syndrome
Chapter 5: Approach to the Patient with Hematuria
Chapter 6: Approach to the Patient with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
Chapter 7: Interpretation of the Renal Biopsy
Chapter 8: Interpretation of Serological Testing
III: Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
Chapter 9: Hyponatremia
Chapter 10: Potassium Disorders
Chapter 11: Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium
IV: Acid-Base Disorders
Chapter 12: Metabolic Acidosis
Chapter 13: Metabolic Alkalosis
Chapter 14: Respiratory Acidosis
Chapter 15: Respiratory Alkalosis
Chapter 16: Mixed Acid-Base Disorders
V: Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 17: Acute Kidney Injury: Definitions and General Approach
Chapter 18: Pre-Renal Azotemia
Chapter 19: Post-Renal Failure
Chapter 20: Acute Tubular Necrosis
Chapter 21: Specific Etiologies
Chapter 22: Management of Acute Kidney Injury
VI: Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 23: Chronic Kidney Disease: Definitions and General Approach
Chapter 24: Mineral and Bone Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 25: Anemia
Chapter 26: Goals of Therapy: Slowing Progression and Dyslipidemias
Chapter 27: Nutrition
Chapter 28: Ethics in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 29: Chronic Kidney Disease in the Aging
VII: Dialysis Therapies
Chapter 30: Counseling Patients for Renal Replacement Therapy Based on Outcomes
Chapter 31: Hemodialysis - Initiation and Complications
Chapter 32: Peritoneal Dialysis: Initiation and Complications
Chapter 33: Palliative Care in Renal Disease
VIII: Kidney Transplantation
Chapter 34: Donor and Recipient Evaluation
Chapter 35: Immunosuppression in the Renal Transplant Recipient
Chapter 36: Complications of Kidney Transplantation
Chapter 37: Infectious Disease in Kidney Transplantation
Chapter 38: Kidney Transplant Outcomes
IX: Hypertension
Chapter 39: Classification of Hypertension
Chapter 40: Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension
Chapter 41: Primary Hypertension
Chapter 42: Lifestyle Modifications in the Treatment of Hypertension
Chapter 43: Secondary Hypertension
Chapter 44: Hypertensive Emergencies and Resistant Hypertension
X: Kidney Disease Associated with Underlying Systemic Disease
Chapter 45: Diabetic Kidney Disease
Chapter 46: Lupus Nephritis
Chapter 47: Viral Diseases and the Kidney
Chapter 48: Pregnancy-Associated Kidney Injury
Chapter 49: Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
Chapter 50: Multiple Myeloma and the Kidney
XI: Nephrolithiasis
Chapter 51: Nephrolithiasis
