Pediatric kidney disease. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denis F. Geary, Franz Schaefer, editors.
• Editors: Geary, Denis F; Schaefer, Franz
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Part I: Investigative Techniques in Pediatric Nephrology; 1: Imaging the Pediatric Urinary Tract; Introduction; Ultrasound; Voiding Cystourethrography; Nuclear Medicine; Overview of Radiopharmaceuticals; Glomerular Filtration Agents; Tubular Secretion Agents; Renal Cortical Agents; Direct Radionuclide Cystogram (DRC); VCUG vs. DRC; Indirect Radionuclide Cystogram; Renal Cortical Scan; Functional Renal Imaging and Renography; Diuretic Renogram; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Radiography; Excretory Urography; Retrograde Urethrography. Applications of Diagnostic Imaging Diseases of the Neonate; Vesicoureteral Reflux and Infection; Neoplasm; Trauma; Renal Failure; Differential Renal Function; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Renal Transplant Evaluation; Renal Cystic Diseases; Nephrocalcinosis, Urolithiasis and Miscellaneous Calcifications; References; 2: Antenatal Assessment of Kidney Morphology and Function; Introduction; Fetal Imaging Methods; The Normal Urinary Tract; Bladder; Kidneys; Evidence of Normally Functioning Urinary Tract; Ultrasound Findings as Evidence of Abnormal Fetal Kidney and Urinary Tract. Abnormal Renal Number Abnormal Renal Location; Abnormal Renal Echogenicity; Abnormal Renal Size; Urinary Tract Dilatation; Renal Cysts; Renal Tumors; Bladder Abnormalities; Assessment of Fetal Renal Function; Amniotic Fluid Volume; Fetal Urine Biochemical Markers; Fetal Blood Sampling; Ultrasound-Guided Renal Biopsies; Specific Renal and Urinary Tract Pathologies; Pre-Renal Causes of Fetal Renal Abnormalities; Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR); Renal Vein Thrombosis; The Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome; Maternal Drug Intake; Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) Antagonists. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAID)Cocaine; Immunosuppressive Medications During Pregnancy; Renal Causes of Congenital Abnormalities of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT); Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney (MCDK); Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD); Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD); Renal Hypoplasia and Dysplasia; Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome; Postrenal Causes of Fetal Renal Abnormalities; Pelviureteric Junction Stenosis; Vesicoureteric Reflux (VUR); Uretero-Vesical Junction Obstruction (Megaureter); Duplex Kidneys. Bladder Outlet Obstruction Fetal Intervention for Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction; References; 3: Laboratory Evaluation of Renal Disease in Childhood; Assessment of the Urine; Urine Analysis; Urine Microscopy; Urinary Protein Excretion; Assessment of Renal Function; Glomerular Filtration; Inulin; Serum Creatinine; Creatinine Clearance (Ccr); Equations to Predict GFR; Cystatin C; Other Methods; Iohexol and Iothalamate; EDTA, DTPA Nuclear GFR; The Slope-Intercept Method; The Distribution Volume Method; Assessment of Tubular Function; Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FeNa).
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Berlin, Germany : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 618.92/61; Pediatric nephrology; MEDICAL -- Pediatrics; Pediatric nephrology; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Pediatrics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662529720; 3662529726
• Related ISBNs: 9783662529706; 366252970X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 23, 2017).
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