This educational book teaches the reader on how best to discuss and manage acute and chronic presentations of renal diseases. An invaluable resource for junior doctors, medical students and renal nurses who encounter renal patients in their daily practice. Allowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both a quick reference text and study guide. The layout has been designed in a question & answer format in order to promote self-directed learning.
Spis treści
Part 1. Physiology and Assessment.- 1. Structure and Function of the Kidney.- 2. Assessment of GFR.- 3. Proteinuria.- 4. Haematuria.- Part 2. Disorders of Renal Metabolic Function.- 5. Hyponatraemia.- 6. Hypokalaemia.- 7. Hypocalcaemia and hypercalcaemia.- 8. Hypophosphataemia and hypomagnesaemia.- 9. Acid-base balance.- Part 3. Acute Kidney Injury.- 10. Causes of Acute Kidney Injury.- 11. Rhabdomyolysis.- 12. Cardiorenal Failure.- 13. Hepatorenal Syndrome.- 14. HUS/TTP in Adults.- 15. Myeloma and the Kidney.- 16. Investigation, management and outcome of Acute Kidney Injury.- 17. Fluid Management.- 18. Hyperkalaemia.- 19. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis.- Part 4. Chronic Kidney Disease.- 20. Overview of Chronic Kidney Disease.- 21. Glomerular Disease.- 22. Diabetes.- 23. Renovascular Disease.- 24. Hypertension.- 25. Antihypertensive Drugs.- 26. Polycystic Kidney Diseases.- 27. Anaemia.- 28. Mineral Metabolism.- 29. Nutrition in Renal Disease.- Part 5. Miscellaneous Renal.- 30. Gout and the Kidney.- 31. Urinary Tract Infection.- 32. Renal Stone Disease.- 33. Management of Pain.- 34. Pregnancy and Renal Disease.- 35. Blood Borne Viruses.- 36. Rarer Renal Diseases. Part 6. Renal Replacement Therapy.- 37. Haemodialysis.- 38. Peritoneal Dialysis.- 39. Renal Transplantation.- 40. Hypertension and Fluid Balance in Dialysis Patients.- 41. Tunnelled Dialysis Catheters.- 42. Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection.- 43. The Challenges of Renal Replacement Therapy in the Elderly.
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