Full listing of chapters

Section 1- Introduction

1. The kidney: structural overview

2. The kidney: functional overview

3. Development of the renal system

4. Clinical features of kidney disease

5. The kidney: laboratory investigations and diagnostic imaging

Secton 2 - Basic Renal Science

6. Renal sodium handling

7. Renal potassium handling

8. Renal acid-base and buffer concepts

9. Renal acid-base handling

10. Calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism

11. The kidney and water balance

12. Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease

13. Renal vascular biology

14. Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney

15. Renal pharmacology: diuretics

Section 3 - Disorders of renal metabolic function

16. Hereditary disorders of tubular transport

17. Regulation of body sodium and body water

18. Disorders of sodium and water metabolism

19. Hyponatremia and hypernatremia

20. The edema states: sodium and water retention

21. Regulation of potassium metabolism

22. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia

23. Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium

24. Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia

25. Acid-base regulation and responses to acid base disturbances

26. Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis

27. Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis

28. Renal tubular acidosis

 

Section 4 - Renal disease processes

29. Glomerular disease: an overview

30. Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases

31. Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli

32. Tubulointerstitial disease

33. Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome

34. Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation

35. Hypertension: complications and therapy

36. Diabetes mellitus and the kidney

37. Renal vascular disease

38. Polycystic kidney disease

39. Acute kidney injury: pathophysiology

40. Acute kidney injury: clincal aspects

41. Chronic kidney disease

42. Chronic kidney disease and renal bone disease

43. Chronic kidney disease: clinical complications and their management

44. Treatment of renal failure with dialysis

45. Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration

46. Renal transplantation

47. Urinary tract infection

48. Renal tract stones

49. Renal tract cancer

50. Pregnancy and the renal system

 

Section 5 - Clinical Cases

51. Self-assessment clinical cases

52. Self-assessment clinical cases

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C. A. O'Callaghan 2004