| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Reviews of the First Edition -- An Excellent Nephrology Textbook for Medical Students and Junior Doctors -- Customer Reviews -- A Brilliant Guide for Medical Students, and Beyond! -- Great for Students -- Book Well Worth Reading -- Great Book! -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Words with Pictures: The Gift of Graphical Data Presentation -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1: Kidney Anatomy and Physiology: The Basis of Clinical Nephrology -- The Anatomy of the Kidney -- Turning Blood into Urine |
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Changes in Kidney Function over a Lifetime -- References -- 2: Measuring Kidney Function: How to Use Laboratory Tests to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rate -- How Can Kidney Function Be Measured? -- How Can GFR Be Estimated from Serum Creatinine? -- Are eGFR Estimates Accurate and Reliable? -- Interpreting eGFR Values -- Not All Changes in Serum Creatinine Are Caused by Changes in GFR -- Dietary Creatinine -- Changes in Muscle Mass -- Tubular Secretion of Creatinine -- Serum Urea and Creatinine: Different Measures of Kidney Function -- References |
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3: Plot All the Dots: How Graphs Reveal the History of Someone's Kidney Disease -- Variation in eGFR -- Interpreting Variation in an eGFR Graph -- Linking an eGFR Graph to Clinical Events over Time -- References -- 4: Kidney Function in Acute Illness and Acute Kidney Injury -- Kidney Function in Acute Illness: Equilibrating Creatinine -- Dealing with Missing Data -- Causes of a Sudden Drop in Kidney Function -- Fluid Balance in Acutely Ill Patients -- Acute-on-Chronic Kidney Disease: Time in Two Dimensions -- Management of Acute Kidney Injury -- References |
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5: How Are You Feeling? Symptoms of Kidney Disease -- Symptoms Linked to the Kidneys and Urinary Tract -- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms -- Urinary Incontinence -- Bed Wetting: Enuresis -- Daytime Wetting: Diurnal Enuresis -- Symptoms That Develop as Kidney Function Declines -- Uraemia and the Nervous System -- Gout -- References -- 6: Do You Have Any Risk Factors or Long-Term Health Conditions? How Environment, Lifestyle and Other Medical Conditions Are Linked to Kidney Disease -- Risk Factors for Kidney Disease -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Risk Factors for Diabetic Nephropathy |
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Treatment with Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) Inhibitors -- Treatment with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors -- Atherosclerosis -- Renal Artery Stenosis -- Cholesterol Crystal Embolisation -- Liver Disease: Hepatorenal Syndrome -- Chronic Infection and Inflammation -- References -- 7: Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy? How Pregnancy Affects the Kidneys and Vice Versa -- Risks to the Baby -- Risks to the Mother -- Pre-eclampsia -- Antenatal Diagnosis of Kidney and Urinary Tract Abnormalities -- References |
| Summary |
This book combines the reference material of a nephrology textbook with the everyday relevance of a clinical handbook. This second edition develops and expands upon the success of the first. All the content has been updated and entirely new chapters on acid-base disorders and stone disease have been added. Understanding Kidney Diseases includes over 60 real-life case studies and is illustrated with over 200 figures. Readers can test their knowledge with a bank of multiple-choice questions and put it into practice by answering questions that patients frequently ask. The book provides all that students, residents and fellows need in order to approach a patient with a kidney problem with confidence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Kidneys -- Diseases.
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Kidney Diseases -- diagnosis
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Kidney Diseases
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Kidney Diseases -- physiopathology
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Diagnostic Techniques, Urological
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Disease Progression
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Renal Replacement Therapy
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Diabetes.
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Pathology.
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Renal medicine & nephrology.
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Medical -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Medical -- Pathology.
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Medical -- Nephrology.
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Kidneys -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomas, Mark (Nephrologist), author.
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Milford, David, author.
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| ISBN |
9783030430276 |
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3030430278 |
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