Primer on Kidney Diseases, Second Edition

Structure And Function Of The Kidney And Their Clinical Assessment -- Overview Of Renal Function And Structure -- Clinical Evaluation Of Renal Function -- Urinalysis -- Hematuria -- Proteinuria -- Renal Imaging Techniques -- Acid-base, Fluid, And Electrolyte Disorders -- Hyponatremia And Hypoosmolar Disorders -- Hypernatremia -- Metabolic Acidosis -- Metabolic Alkalosis -- Respiratory Acidosis And Alkalosis -- Approach To Acid-base Disorders -- Disorders Of Potassium Metabolism -- Disorders Of Calcium And Phosphorus Homeostasis -- Edema And The Clinical Use Of Diuretics -- Glomerular Diseases -- Glomerular Clinicopathologic Syndromes -- Immunopathogenesis Of Renal Disease -- Minimal Change Nephropathy -- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis -- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis -- Membranous Nephropathy -- Iga Nephropathy And Related Disorders -- Goodpasture's Syndrome And Anti-gbm Disease -- Kidney In Systemic Disease -- Renal Function In Congestive Heart Failure --^ Renal Function In Liver Disease -- Poststreptococcal And Other Infection-related Glomerulonephritides -- Renal Involvement In Systemic Vasculitis -- Renal Manifestations Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus And Other Rheumatic Disorders -- Diabetic Nephropathy -- Dysproteinemias And Amyloidosis -- Renal And Urologic Complications Of Cancer And Its Treatment -- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome/thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura -- Renal Mainfestations Of Hiv -- Acute Renal Failure -- Pathophysiology Of Acute Renal Failure -- Approach To The Patient With Acute Renal Failure -- Renal Failure Caused By Therapeutic Agents -- Acute Renal Failure Due To Metabolic Derangements -- Cholesterol Atheroembolic Renal Disease -- Pigment Nephropathy -- Acute Interstitial Nephritis -- Management Of Acute Renal Failure -- Drugs And The Kidney -- Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs And The Kidney -- Principles Of Drug Therapy In Renal Failure -- Hereditary Renal Disorders -- Sickle Cell Nephropathy --^ Polycystic And Acquired Cystic Diseases -- Alport's Syndrome And Related Disorders -- Medullary Cystic Disease -- Tubulointerstitial Nephropathies And Disorders Of The Urinary Tract -- Tubulointerstitial Disease -- Lithium-induced Renal Disease -- Lead Nephrotoxicity -- Hyperoxaluria -- Medullary Sponge Kidney -- Renal Papillary Necrosis -- Obstructive Uropathy -- Vesicoureteral Reflux And Reflux Nephropathy -- Nephrolithiasis -- Urinary Tract Infections -- Renal And Urinary Tract Neoplasia -- Kidney In Special Circumstances -- Kidney In Infants And Children -- Kidney In Pregnancy -- Kidney In Aging -- Chronic Renal Failure And Its Therapy -- Uremic Syndrome -- Hemodialysis And Hemofiltration -- Peritoneal Dialysis -- Outcome Of End Stage Renal Disease Therapies -- Progression Of Renal Disease -- Management Of The Patient With Chronic Renal Disease -- Nutrition And Renal Disease -- Renal Osteodystrophy And Other Musculoskeletal Complications Of Chronic Renal Failure --^ Cardiac Function And Cardiac Disease In Renal Failure -- Neurological Manifestations Of Renal Failure -- Hematologic Manifestations Of Renal Failure -- Endocrine Manifestations Of Renal Failure -- Evaluation Of Prospective Renal Transplant Recipients -- Renal Transplantation: Immunosuppression And Postoperative Management -- Hypertension -- Pathogenesis Of Hypertension -- Essential Hypertension -- Renovascular Hypertension -- Therapy Of Hypertension. Editor, Arthur Greenberg ; Associate Editors, Alfred K. Cheung ... [et Al.]. National Kidney Foundation. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.