Nephrology Secrets : Questions You Will Be Asked on Rounds, in the Clinic, on Oral Exams,9781560533092

Nephrology Secrets : Questions You Will Be Asked on Rounds, in the Clinic, on Oral Exams

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ISBN13: 9781560533092
ISBN10: 1560533099
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-07-01
Publisher(s): Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Summary

Students and practitioners alike often find nephrology to be a difficult subject, with its emphasis on chemical relationships and Acid-Base and Electrolyte Imbalances and Disorders. Nephrology Secrets, in its easy-to-read Question and Answer format, is a convenient and highly practical resource for understanding the important topics in nephrology. The author team provides expert teaching knowledge in this field ensuring that the book provides the most important questions to ask, and the most succinct answers.

Table of Contents

I. PATIENT ASSESSMENT
Physical Diagnosis
1(3)
Thomas C. Knauss
Urinalysis
4(3)
Michael B. Ganz
Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate
7(4)
Michael S. Simonson
Measurement of Urinary Protein
11(3)
Michael S. Simonson
Renal Imaging Techniques
14(6)
Elashi Essam
Mahboob Rahman
Renal Biopsy
20(3)
Jeffrey R. Schelling
Indications for Dialysis
23(2)
Edmond Ricanati
Drug Therapy in Renal Disease
25(4)
Michael B. Ganz
II. CLINICAL SYNDROMES
Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure
29(4)
Miriam F. Weiss
Management of Acute Renal Failure
33(3)
Miriam F. Weiss
Prerenal Azotemia
36(3)
Edmond Ricanati
Obstructive Uropathy
39(3)
Lavinia A. Negrea
Asymptomatic Proteinuria
42(3)
Jeffrey R. Schelling
Asymptomatic Hematuria
45(3)
Jeffrey R. Schelling
Acute Glomerulonephritis
48(2)
Diane M. Cibrik
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
50(4)
Linda Zarif
John R. Sedor
Nephrotic Syndrome
54(3)
Diane M. Cibrik
Nephrolithiasis
57(5)
Miriam F. Weiss
Urinary Tract Infection
62(4)
Carolyn P. Cacho
Disorders of Tubular Function
66(3)
Michael B. Ganz
III. PRIMARY GLOMERULAR DISEASE
Minimal Change Disease
69(3)
Ira D. Davis
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
72(3)
Linda Zarif
John R. Sedor
Membranous Glomerulopathy
75(5)
Eduardo Lacson, Jr.
IgA Nephropathy
80(2)
Donald E. Hricik
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
82(5)
Eduardo Lacson Jr.
Ira D. Davis
IV. SECONDARY GLOMERULAR DISEASE
Diabetic Nephropathy
87(4)
Jeffrey R. Schelling
Lupus Nephritis
91(3)
Marcia R. Silver
Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
94(3)
Ira D. Davis
Hepatitis-Associated Glomerulonephritis
97(3)
Ashwini R. Sehgal
HIV-Associated Renal Disorders
100(3)
Hany S. Y. Anton
V. OTHER PARENCHYMAL RENAL DISEASES
Renal Dysplasia
103(3)
Beth A. Vogt
Cystic Diseases of the Kidneys
106(5)
Linda Zarif
John R. Sedor
Other Hereditary Renal Disease
111(3)
Beth A. Vogt
Reflux Nephropathy
114(3)
Beth A. Vogt
Renal Vasculitis
117(4)
Linda Zarif
Marcia R. Silver
John R. Sedor
Other Vascular Renal Disorders
121(3)
Hany S. Y. Anton
Donald E. Hricik
Sickle Cell Nephropathy
124(3)
Chokchai Chareandee
Renal Disease due to Dysproteinemias
127(4)
Edmond Ricanati
VI. END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
Epidemiology and Outcomes of End-Stage Renal Disease
131(2)
Ashwini R. Sehgal
Renal Osteodystrophy
133(3)
Lavinia A. Negrea
Uremic Pericarditis
136(2)
Marcia R. Silver
Anemia Associated with Renal Failure
138(2)
Jay B. Wish
Other Manifestations of Uremia
140(3)
Donald E. Hricik
VII. END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: MANAGEMENT
Technical Aspects of Hemodialysis
143(3)
Jay B. Wish
Hemodialysis: Assessing Adequacy
146(4)
Eduardo Lacson, Jr
Complications of Hemodialysis
150(3)
Lavinia A. Negrea
Technical Aspects of Peritoneal Dialysis
153(6)
Miriam F. Weiss
Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
159(5)
Carolyn P. Cacho
Renal Transplantation: Epidemiology and Outcomes
164(4)
Donald E. Hricik
Renal Transplantation: Donor and Recipient Evaluation
168(4)
Thomas C. Knauss
Renal Transplantation: Classification and Consequences of Rejection
172(3)
Donald E. Hricik
Renal Transplantation: Immunosuppression
175(5)
Donald E. Hricik
Complications of Renal Transplantation
180(3)
Thomas C. Knauss
VIII. HYPERTENSION
Essential Hypertension
183(6)
Mahboob Rahman
Renal Parenchymal Hypertension
189(4)
Michael C. Smith
Renovascular Hypertension
193(4)
Donald E. Hricik
Pheochromocytoma
197(3)
Ashwin Dixit
Other Causes of Secondary Hypertension
200(3)
Mahboob Rahman
Hypertensive Emergencies
203(4)
Mahboob Rahman
Childhood Hypertension
207(4)
Ira D. Davis
IX. ACID-BASE AND ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS
Metabolic Acidosis
211(5)
Jay B. Wish
Metabolic Alkalosis
216(3)
Jay B. Wish
Respiratory Acidosis
219(3)
Ashwin Dixit
Respiratory Alkalosis
222(2)
Ashwin Dixit
Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
224(4)
Linda Zarif
Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
228(3)
Thomas C. Knauss
Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia
231(4)
Lavinia A. Negrea
Phosphorus
235(3)
Chokchai Chareandee
Donald E. Hricik
Magnesium
238(3)
Chokchai Chareandee
Donald E. Hricik
Index 241

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