The Renal System at a Glance

Description

The Renal System at a Glance is a highly illustrated and practical guide to the structure and function of the kidney, renal, and urinary system. It also covers related disorders and abnormalities and their treatment.

Fully updated to reflect the many exciting new developments in the understanding of nephrology, this new edition has been restructured to better integrate basic science and clinical examples to the medical school curricula. New chapters on glomerular filtration and global kidney medicine are included, while the latest guidance and approaches to acute kidney injury, chronic kidney diseases, and renal replacement therapy have also been incorporated.

The Renal System at a Glance:

• Offers clear explanations on tricky topics such as electrolytes, fluid balance and acid-base handling
• Features new sections on glomerular filtration, and a new chapter on the global differences in kidney problems
• Includes cross-referencing between basic science and related clinical content
• Focuses on clinical disorders and investigations – ideal for those embarking on medicine rotations
• Illustrates each topic in a double page spread, complete with charts, graphs, and photographs

This new edition is the perfect guide for medical students, junior doctors, and allied health professionals, including specialist nurses, who wish to learn, or refresh their knowledge, on the kidney and renal system in health and disease.

Contents

Preface

Introduction and how to use this book

Abbreviations

Glossary

Nomenclature

Normal values

About the companion website

Part 1: Introduction

1. The kidney: structural overview
2. The kidney: functional overview
3. Development of the renal system
4. Clinical features of kidney disease
5. The kidney: laboratory investigation and diagnostic imaging

Part 2: Filtration and blood flow

6. Renal vascular biology
7. Glomerular filtration
8. Renal vascular disease
9. Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease

Part 3: Sodium and water

1. Renal sodium handling
2. The kidney and water handling
3. Regulation of body sodium and body water
4. Disorders of sodium and water metabolism
5. Hyponatremia and hypernatremia
6. The edema states: sodium and water retention (20)

Part 4: Potassium

6. Renal potassium handling
7. Regulation of potassium metabolism
8. Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia

Part 5: Acid-base

9. Renal acid-base and buffer concepts
10. Renal acid-base handling
11. Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances
12. Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis
13. Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis
14. Renal tubular acidosis

Part 6: Divalent ions

5. Calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism
6. Regulation of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium
7. Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia

Part 7: Drugs and genetic disorders

8. Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney
9. Renal pharmacology: diuretics
10. Hereditary disorders of tubular transport
11. Polycystic kidney disease

Part 8: Glomerular and tubulointerstitial disease

2. Glomerular disease: an overview
3. Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases
4. Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli
5. Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome
6. Tubulointerstitial disease

Part 9: Systemic conditions and the renal system

7. Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation
8. Hypertension: complications and therapy
9. Pregnancy and the renal system
10. Diabetes mellitus and the kidney

Part 10: Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease

1. Acute kidney injury: pathophysiology
2. Acute kidney injury: clinical aspects
3. Chronic kidney disease and kidney function in the elderly
4. Severe chronic kidney disease and renal bone disease
5. Severe chronic kidney disease: clinical complications and their management
6. Treatment of kidney failure with dialysis
7. Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration
8. Renal transplantation
9. Global kidney medicine

Part 11: Stones, infection and cancer

1. Urinary tract infection
2. Urinary tract stones
3. Urinary tract cancer

Self-assessment

Case studies and questions

Answers

Index