Brenner & Rector's the kidney. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Brenner and Rector's the kidney; Kidney
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Alan S.L. Yu, Glenn M. Chertow Valérie A. Luyckx, Philip A. Marsden, Karl Skorecki Maarten W. Taal.
• Editors: Yu, Alan S. L; Chertow, Glenn M; Luyckx, Valérie A; Marsden, Philip A; Skorecki, Karl; Taal, Maarten W
• Contents: Embryology of the kidney -- Anatomy of the kidney -- The renal circulations and glomerular ultrafiltration -- Glomerular cell biology -- Metabolic basis of solute transport -- Transport of sodium, chloride, and potassium -- The regulation of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate excretion by the kidney -- Renal handling of organic solutes -- Renal acidification mechanisms -- Urine concentration and dilution and the cell biology of vasopressin action -- Vasoactive molecules and the kidney -- Aldosterone and mineralocorticoid receptors: renal and extrarenal roles -- Arachidonic acid metabolites and the kidney -- Disorders of sodium balance -- Disorders of water balance -- Disorders of acid-base balance -- Disorders of potassium balance -- Disorders of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate balance -- Epidemiology of kidney disease -- Risk prediction in chronic kidney disease -- Developmental programming of blood pressure and renal function -- Physiology and pathophysiology of the aging kidney -- Clinical approach and laboratory assessment of the patient with kidney disease -- Interpretation of electrolyte and acid-base parameters in blood and urine -- Diagnostic kidney imaging -- The kidney biopsy -- Biomarkers in acute and chronic kidney diseases -- Pathophysiology of acute kidney injury -- Prevention and management of acute kidney injury -- Pathophysiology of proteinuria -- Primary glomerular disease -- Secondary glomerular disease -- Overview of therapy for glomerular disease -- Thrombotic microangiopathy and microvascular disease -- Tubulointerstitial diseases -- Urinary tract infection in adults -- Urinary tract obstruction -- Urinary stone disease -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Cardiorenal syndromes -- Kidney cancer -- Onco-nephrology: kidney disease in patients with cancer -- Inherited disorders of the glomerulus -- Inherited disorders of the renal tubule -- Cystic diseases of the kidney -- Primary and secondary hypertension -- Renovascular hypertension and ischemic nephropathy -- Pregnancy and kidney disease -- Antihypertensive therapy -- Diuretics -- Mechanisms of progression of chronic kidney disease -- The pathophysiology of uremia -- Chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder -- Cardiovascular aspects of kidney disease -- Hematologic aspects of kidney disease -- Endocrine aspects of chronic kidney disease -- Neurologic aspects of kidney disease -- Dermatologic conditions in kidney disease -- Staging and management of chronic kidney disease -- Dietary approaches to kidney diseases -- Drug dosing considerations in patients with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease -- Supportive care in advanced kidney disease -- Hemodialysis -- Peritoneal dialysis -- Critical care nephrology -- Plasmapheresis -- Elimination enhancement of poisons -- Interventional nephrology -- Transplantation immunobiology -- Clinical management of the adult kidney transplant recipient -- Considerations in live kidney donation -- Diseases of the kidney and urinary tract in children -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders in children -- Renal replacement therapy (dialysis and transplantation) in pediatric end-stage kidney disease -- Global challenges and initiatives in kidney health -- Latin America -- Africa -- Near and Middle East -- Indian subcontinent -- Far East -- Oceania region -- Ethical dilemmas facing nephrology: past, present, and future -- Health disparities in nephrology -- Care of the older adult with chronic kidney disease -- Stem cells, kidney regeneration, gene and cell therapy in nephrology.
• Edition: Eleventh edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (2677 pages), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.6/1; Kidneys -- Diseases; Kidney Diseases; Kidney -- physiology; Kidney -- physiopathology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323550857; 0323550851
• Related ISBNs: 9780323532655; 0323532659; 9780323759335; 0323759335; 9780323759342; 0323759343
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed October 17, 2019).
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