Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Nephrology and Hypertension (Lange)

The first edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension features practical, up-to-date, referenced information on the care of patients with diseases involving the kidneys and hypertension. It also covers dialysis and transplantation, as well as new areas of specialization, such as critical care nephrology and interventional nephrology. This book emphasizes the clinical aspects of renal care while also presenting important underlying principles. Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension provides a practical guide to diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of the medical problems of all adult patients in an easy-to-use and readable format.

Intended audience

In the tradition of all Lange medical books, this new Current in Nephrology and Hypertension is a concise yet comprehensive source of up-to-date information. For medical students, it can serve as an authoritative introduction to the specialty of nephrology and an excellent resource for reference and review. Residents in internal medicine (and other specialties) and most especially, nephrology fellows in training, will appreciate the detailed descriptions of diseases and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. General internists, family practitioners, hospitalists, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health-care providers who work with patients with kidney diseases will find this a very useful reference on management aspects of renal medicine. Moreover, patients and their family members who seek information about the nature of specific diseases and their diagnosis and treatment may also find this book to be a valuable resource.

Coverage

Fifty-nine chapters cover a wide range of topics, including fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders, acute and chronic kidney failure, glomerular and tubulointerstitial diseases, hypertension, systemic diseases with renal manifestations, renal replacement therapies, renal transplantation, geriatric nephrology, and interventional nephrology.

These and many other diseases are covered in a crisp and concise manner. Striking just the right balance between comprehensiveness and convenience, Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension emphasizes the practical features of clinical diagnosis and patient management while providing a comprehensive discussion of pathophysiology and relevant basic and clinical science. With its consistent formatting chapter by chapter, this text makes it simple to locate the practical information you need on diagnosis, testing, disease processes, and up-to-date treatment and management strategies.

The book has been designed to meet the clinician's need for an immediate refresher in the clinic as well as to serve as an accessible text for thorough review of the specialty for the boards. The concise presentation is ideally suited for rapid acquisition of information by the busy practitioner.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease

Part I. Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders

• Chapter 2 Disorders of Extracellular Volume: Hypovolemia & Hypervolemia
• Chapter 3 Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia & Hypernatremia
• Chapter 4 Disorders of Potassium Balance: Hypokalemia & Hyperkalemia
• Chapter 5 Acid–Base Disorders
• Chapter 6 Disorders of Calcium Balance: Hypercalcemia & Hypocalcemia
• Chapter 7 Disorders of Phosphate Balance: Hypophosphatemia & Hyperphosphatemia
• Chapter 8 Disorders of Magnesium Balance: Hypomagnesemia & Hypermagnesemia

Part II. Acute Renal Failure

• Chapter 9 Acute Kidney Injury
• Chapter 10 Hepatorenal Syndrome
• Chapter 11 Rhabdomyolysis
• Chapter 12 Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
• Chapter 13 Tumor Lysis Syndrome
• Chapter 14 Acute Renal Failure from Therapeutic Agents
• Chapter 15 NSAIDs & the Kidney: Acute Renal Failure
• Chapter 16 Obstructive Uropathy

Part III. Chronic Renal Failure

• Chapter 17 Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome
• Chapter 18 Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease
• Chapter 19 Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease
• Chapter 20 Renal Osteodystrophy
• Chapter 21 Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome: Nutritional Issues
• Chapter 22 Slowing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

Part IV. Glomerular Disorders

• Chapter 23 Nephrotic Syndrome versus Nephritic Syndrome
• Chapter 24 Minimal Change Disease
• Chapter 25 Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
• Chapter 26 Membranous Nephropathy
• Chapter 27 Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy & Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
• Chapter 28 Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
• Chapter 29 Goodpasture's Syndrome/Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
• Chapter 30 Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
• Chapter 31 Vasculitides
• Chapter 32 Lupus Nephritis
• Chapter 33 Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
• Chapter 34 Thrombotic Microangiopathies
• Chapter 35 Glomerular Disorders due to Infections

Part V. Tubulointerstitial Diseases

• Chapter 36 Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
• Chapter 37 Chronic Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
• Chapter 38 Urinary Tract Infection
• Chapter 39 Reflux Nephropathy
• Chapter 40 Nephrolithiasis

Part VI. Hypertension

• Chapter 41 Primary (Essential) Hypertension
• Chapter 42 Secondary Hypertension
• Chapter 43 Hypertension in High-Risk Populations
• Chapter 44 Refractory Hypertension
• Chapter 45 Hypertensive Emergencies & Urgencies

Part VII. Cystic & Genetic Diseases of the Kidney

• Chapter 46 Cystic Diseases of the Kidney
• Chapter 47 Familial Hematurias: Alport Syndrome & Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy
• Chapter 48 Fabry Disease
• Chapter 49 Sickle Cell Nephropathy

Part VIII. Renal Replacement Therapy

• Chapter 50 Hemodialysis
• Chapter 51 Peritoneal Dialysis
• Chapter 52 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• Chapter 53 Renal Transplantation

Part IX. Kidney Disease in Special Populations

• Chapter 54 Diabetic Nephropathy
• Chapter 55 Pregnancy & Renal Disease
• Chapter 56 Aging & Renal Disease

Part X. Special Topics in Nephrology

• Chapter 57 Interventional Nephrology: Endovascular Procedures
• Chapter 58 Interventional Nephrology: Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Procedures
• Chapter 59 Poisonings & Intoxications

About the Author

• Edgar V. Lerma, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine/Associates in Nephrology, SC, Chicago, Illinois.
• Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Philadelphia, PA.
• Allen R. Nissenson, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Chief Medical Officer, DaVita, Inc., El Segundo, CA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071447873
• ISBN-13: 978-0071447874
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches

List Price: $70.95