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The Washington Manual® Nephrology Subspecialty Consult, 2nd edition
by Washington University School of Medicine Department of Medicine (Editor), David Windus, Thomas M De Fer, Katherine E Henderson-
Soft Cover
$42.95
Written by residents, fellows, and attending physicians, this thoroughly updated handbook is ideal for residents called on to do an inpatient consult, for students working on an inpatient medicine service, and for specialists seeking information on nephrology and general internal medicine management. The book covers inpatient and outpatient approaches, symptoms and diseases, and acute and chronic problems with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics.
Sections cover general approaches to kidney disease; electrolytes and acid-base disorders; acute kidney injury and continuous renal replacement; causes of kidney disease; pregnancy and nephrolithiasis; and chronic kidney disease. Appendices list dosing adjustments for antimicrobials and antiretrovirals for patients with renal impairment. Key points about the diagnosis and management of disorders are bulleted for easy reference. This edition also includes illustrations.
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=Table Of Contents
GENERAL APPROACH TO KIDNEY DISEASE
Art and Science of Urinalysis
Anton Cabellon
Assessment of Kidney Function
Sijie Zheng
Renal Biopsy
Imran A. Memon
Approach to Proteinuria
Kabeya Mwintshi
Approach To Hematuria
Rouba Ghoussoub
ELECTROLYTES AND ACID-BASE DISORDERS
Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
Andrew Siedlecki and Matthew J. Koch
Disorders of Potassium Balance
Matthew J. Koch
Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
Jawad Munir
Disorders of Phosphorus Metabolism
Jawad Munir
Acid-Base Disorders
Bala P. Sankarapandian
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT
Overview and Management of Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Tubular Necrosis
Anitha Vijayan
Prerenal and Postrenal Acute Kidney Injury
Alexis Argoudelis and Anitha Vijayan
Intrinsic Causes of Acute Kidney Injury
Kamalanathan Sambandam
Contrast Induced Nephropathy
Ethan Hoerschgen and Anitha Vijayan
Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
Anitha Vijayan
CAUSES OF KIDNEY DISEASE
Overview and Approach to the Patient with Glomerular Disease
Rasa Kedainis
Primary Glomerulopathies
David Windus
Glomerulonephritis in Multisystem Disorders
Nadine Tanenbaum
Diabetic Nephropathy
Steven Cheng
Renal Artery Stenosis and Renovascular Hypertension
Matthew C. Lambert
Cystic Diseases of the Kidney
Michelle Cabellon
PREGNANCY AND NEPHROLITHIASIS
Renal Diseases in Pregnancy
Drew C Heiple
Nephrolithiasis: Physicochemical Principles and General Management
Sreedhara B Alla
CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
Daniel O. Young
Hemodialysis
Steven Cheng
Peritoneal Dialysis
Seth Goldberg
Principles of Drug Dosing in Renal Impairment
Christine Spaeth-Kelso
Care of the Renal Transplant Patient
Andrew Siedlecki and Matthew J. Koch
Appendices
Dosing Adjustments for Antimicrobials
Dosing Adjustments for Antiretrovirals
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$42.95
ISBN:
9780781791496
Series:
Washington Manual
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication Date:
Jan 5, 2008
Cover:
Soft cover
Pages:
320
Weight:
0.320 kg