National Kidney Foundation's Primer on Kidney Diseases

Section 1: Structure and Function of the Kidneys and Their Clinical Assessment

Overview of Kidney Function and Structure

Kidney Development

Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Acute and Chronic Settings

Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy

Hematuria and Proteinuria

Kidney Imaging
Section 2: Acid-Base, Fluid, and Electrolyte Disorders

Hyponatremia and Hypoosmolar Disorders

Hypernatremia

Edema and the Clinical Use of Diuretics

Disorders of Potassium Metabolism

Disorders of Mineral Metabolism: Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium

Approach to Acid-Base Disorders

Metabolic Acidosis

Metabolic Alkalosis

Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
Section 3: Glomerular Diseases

Glomerular Clinicopathologic Syndromes

Minimal Change Disease

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Membranous Nephropathy

Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Related Disorders

Goodpasture Syndrome and Other Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Diseases
Section 4: The Kidney in Systemic Disease

Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis

Kidney Involvement in Systemic Vasculitis

Kidney Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Pathogenesis, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

Dysproteinemias and Amyloidosis

Thrombotic Microangiopathies

Viral Nephropathies: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Hepatitis B Virus

Acute Cardiorenal Syndrome

Hepatorenal Syndrome and Other Liver-Related Kidney Diseases

The Kidney in Cancers
Section 5: Acute Kidney Injury

Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury

Clinical Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Tubular Injury and Acute Tubular Necrosis

Acute Interstitial Nephritis

Management of Acute Kidney Injury
Section 6: Drugs and the Kidney

Kidney Disease Caused by Therapeutic Agents

Principles of Drug Therapy in Patients with Reduced Kidney Function
Section 7: Hereditary Kidney Disorders

Genetically Based Renal

Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts