Liver and Renal : Key Articles from the Medicine journal /: Key Articles from the Medicine journal. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Derek G. Waller.
• Editors: Waller, Derek G
• Contents: Section 1: Alcohol and drugs Alcohol and the liver Drug-induced liver injury Prescribing in liver disease Section 2: Autoimmune liver disease Autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes IgG4-related disease Primary biliary cirrhosis Primary sclerosing cholangitis Section 3: Gallstones Gallstones Section 4: Investigations Histological assessment of the liver How to investigate asymptomatic abnormal liver function tests Imaging the liver and biliary tract Investigation of jaundice Section 5: Liver infections Hepatitis B and D Hepatitis C Hepatitis E, A and other hepatotropic viruses Tropical liver disease Section 6: Management of problems in liver disease Acute liver failure Coagulopathy and bleeding in liver disease Complications of cholestasis Diagnosis and management of ascites and hepatorenal (acute kidney injury) syndrome in cirrhosis Hepatic encephalopathy Management of portal hypertension, Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis Section 7: Metabolic liver disease Haemochromatosis Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Wilson’s disease Section 8: Mothers, babies & children Liver and biliary disease in childhood Liver and biliary disease in infancy Liver disease in pregnancy Section 9: Signs and symptoms Clinical and biochemical assessment of symptomatic and asymptomatic liver disease Section 10: Transplantations Liver transplantation Section 11: Acute kidney injury Assessment and initial management of acute kidney injury The management of acute kidney injury Section 12: Chronic kidney disease Anaemia and chronic renal failure Cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease Epidemiology and causes of chronic kidney disease Haemodialysis Kidney disease in the elderly Management of chronic kidney disease Maximal conservative management Peritoneal dialysis Renal bone disease Urological disorders in children that progress to chronic renal failure Section 13: Clinical features Clinical assessment of renal disease Section 14: Drugs and the kidney Nephrotoxins and drugs in renal insufficiency Drugs and toxins that damage the kidney Section 15: Genetic disorders Genetic renal abnormalities Inherited metabolic renal disorders in children Section 16: Glomerular disease Primary glomerular disease Secondary glomerular disease Section 17: Hypertension and renal disease Management of hypertension in renal disease Renovascular disease Section 18: Imaging and biopsy Renal biopsy Renal imaging Section 19: Laboratory investigations Assessment of kidney function in adults Clinical approach to electrolyte abnormalities Electrolytes and acid-base: common fluid and electrolyte disorders Interpretation and management of abnormal dipstick urinalysis Section 20: Obstruction and infection Initial management of lower urinary tract symptoms and bladder outlet obstruction Renal stone disease Urinary tract infection Section 21: Pregnancy Kidney disease and pregnancy Section 22: Renal transplantation Kidney transplantation: surgical aspects Renal transplantation Section 23: Systemic disease and the kidney Diabetic nephropathy Glomerular basement membrane disorders and the kidney Liver disease and renal dysfunction Lupus nephropathy and vasculitis Paraprotein-related renal disease and amyloid Thrombotic microangiopathies and the kidney Section 24: Tubulo-interstitial disorders Tubulo-interstitial disorders Section 25: What’s new What’s new in…: Late endocrine effects of cancer treatment
• Publisher Details: Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702071270; 0702071277
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