Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders / Edition 2

by Wadi N. Suki, Shaul G. Massry

Overview

"Where are all these kidney patients coming from? A few perfection the study of the urinary sediment, clinically years ago we had never heard of kidney disease and now practical kidney function tests, and the natural history of a number of kidney diseases including glomerulonephritis. you are speaking of patients in the hundreds of thousands and indeed potentially millions. " My reply, not meant to William Goldring, Herbert Chasis, Dana Atchley, and others studied the effects of hypertension, endocarditis, be grim, was "From the cemetery, Sir. " This is a summary and circulatory diseases on the kidney and spawned suc­ of some Congressional testimony lance gave on behalf of extending kidney disease under Medicare. Where indeed cessive generations of alert clinical investigators, who be­ gan to chronicle the natural histories of a wide variety of were all the patients with kidney disease in the United States before World War II? They were certainly not kidney diseases. Quantitative studies of renal function flourished under a school headed by Homer Smith, and under the care of nephrologists! Nephrology was not listed in the questionnaires for any state or the American Medi­ surprisingly precise techniques were developed for study­ ing a whole range of explicit nephron functions. Imagine cal Association as a subspecialty or even as a special the joy with the advent of vascular catheterization to be interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792306764
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	03/31/1991
Edition description:	2nd ed. 1991
Pages:	1008
Product dimensions:	7.99(w) x 10.87(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

One: Disorders of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance.- 1. Treatment of hypoosmolar and hyperosmolar states.- 2. Polyuric syndromes.- 3. Edematous states.- 4. Disorders of potassium metabolism.- 5. Disorders of calcium metabolism.- 6. Disorders of magnesium metabolism.- 7. Disorders of phosphate metabolism.- 8. Nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis.- 9. Metabolic alkalosis.- 10. Metabolic acidosis.- 11. Diabetic ketoacidosis.- 12. Renal tubular acidosis.- 13. Respiratory acid-base disturbances.- 14. Mixed acid-base disorders.- 15. Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities in children.- 16. Fluid and electrolyte disorders in the surgical patient.- 17. Fluid and electrolyte disorders in the thermally injured.- 18. Acute renal failure.- Two: Intrinsic Parenchymal Disease.- A. Glomerular.- 19. Acute glomerulonephritis and glomerulonephritis in bacterial endocarditis.- 20. Nephrotic syndrome.- 21. Goodpasture’s syndrome.- 22. Hematuria and IgA nephropathy.- B. Tubulointerstitial.- 23. Urinary tract infections.- 24. Vesicoureteral reflux and reflux nephropathy.- 25. Genitourinary tuberculosis.- Three: Renal Involvement in Systemic Disease.- 26. Systemic lupus erythematosus.- 27. Vasculitic diseases of the kidney.- 28. Noninflammatory vascular diseases of the kidney.- 29. Thrombotic microangiopathy.- 30. Renal involvement in dysproteinemias.- 31. Hyperuricemic nephropathy.- 32. Renal disorders in liver disease.- 33. Renal complications of pregnancy.- 34. Diabetic nephropathy.- Four: Hereditary and Congenital Diseases.- 35. Renal cystic disorders.- 36. Renal disorders in sickle hemoglobinemia.- 37. Inherited renal tubular disorders.- Five: Neoplasia.- 38. Cancers of the kidney and urinary tract.- Six: Chemical and Physical Injuries.- 39. Toxic nephropathies.- 40. Acute drug intoxications.- Seven: Chronic Renal Failure.- A. Medical therapy.- 41. Prevention of progression of renal insufficiency.- 42. Renal insufficiency.- 43. Anesthesia and surgery in the patient with renal failure.- 44. Nutritional management of the uremic patient.- 45. Cardiovascular complications of uremia and dialysis.- 46. Renal osteodystrophy.- 47. Neurologic and psychiatric disorders in renal failure.- 48. Hematologic disorders in renal failure.- B. Peritoneal dialysis.- 49. Acute, intermittent, and cycled peritoneal dialysis.- 50. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.- C. Hemodialysis.- 51. Dialysis access surgery.- 52. Dialyzers, dialysates, and water treatment.- 53. Membrane biocompatibility.- 54. Dialysis, ultrafiltration, and hemofiltration.- 55. Use of drugs in uremia and dialysis.- D. Transplantation.- 56. Donor and recipient selection.- 57. Immunosuppression and treatment of rejection.- 58. Tubular and metabolic dysfunction following kidney transplantation.- 59. Renal transplantation in systemic inherited and metabolic disease.- 60. Complications of renal transplantation.- Eight: Miscellaneous.- 61. The catheter.- 62. Nonsurgical management of vesicourethral dysfunction.

Editorial Reviews

A handsome and rugged practical text and ready reference, revised and expanded with 13 new chapters, that blends theory and basic science with practical clinical applications for optimal therapeutic benefit. The 62 contributed chapters are logically organized into eight parts: disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance; intrinsic parenchymal disease; renal involvement in systemic disease; hereditary and congenital diseases; neoplasia; chemical and physical injuries; chronic renal failure; and miscellaneous (i.e. the catheter; and nonsurgical management of vesicourethral dysfunction). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'The comprehensiveness of the textbook makes this a valuable reference for nephrology nurses. It would be a worthwhile addition to the library of any renal unit.' Anna Journal, 19:4 (1992)
‘Although many nephrology texts have been published recently, Dr. George Schriner's claim in the foreword that this one is unique must be correct. I know of no other book that is devoted essentially to details of the day to day practival therapeutics of renal diseases. Each topic has a full account of aetiological, clinical, and diagnostic features as a firm basis for a critical analysis of the therapeutic options. ...no medical library can afford to be without one.'
British Medical Journal, 290 (1985)
‘...this book is an excellent and welcome addition to standard nephrology texts. It is refreshingly bright, unique in its approach to therapy in renal disease, and, for me, a book to call upon continually for common clinical problems.'
Dialysis and Transplantation (1986)
‘This is a book which is unique among many books available today. This is a book which thinks positively. This is a book which blends the analytical aspects of diagnosis with the hard realities of scientific and appropriate therapy. This is a book that will be enjoyed by young nephrologists and by physicians with a wide diversity of interest. Most of all, it is a book that will be deeply appreciated by their patients.'
George E. Schreiner, Georgetown University School of Medicine (from the Foreword)

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