Practical Nephrology

Assessment of the Renal Patient.- Urine Analysis - Scott R Henderson and Mark Harber.- Imaging in Nephrology.- Kidney Biopsy.- Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology and Assessment.- Acute Kidney Injury: Management and Prevention.- Acute renal replacement therapy.- Hepatorenal syndrome.- Common Electrolyte Disorders.- Acid Base Disorders.- Diagnosis and Investigation of the hypertensive patient.- Management of high blood pressure.- Podocytopathies.- Management of the Nephrotic Patient: The overall approach to the patient with Nephrotic Syndrome (NS).- Management of the Nephrotic Patient: Treatment of ECF volume expansion due to nephrotic syndrome in adults.- Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.- Membranous Nephropathy.- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and C3 glomerulopathy.- IgA nephropathy and Henoch-Schönleinpurpura.- Systemic Small Vessel Vasculitis.- Goodpasture's or Anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease.- Systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome & the kidney.- Practical immunosuppression guidelines for patients with glomerulonephritis.- Infectious disease and the kidney.- Blood-borne viruses and the Kidney .- Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis.- Rheumatological conditions and the Kidney.- Multiple myeloma and the kidney.- Amyloidosis.- Thrombotic Microangiopathies.- Sickle cell disease and other haematological disorders involving the Kidney.- Diabetes and the Kidney.- Pregnancy and the Kidney.- Disease of the Renal Vessels.- Urinary tract infection.- Renal Stone Disease .- Congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract.- Acquired Urinary Tract Obstruction.- Kidney Cancer.- Inherited Renal Tumour Syndromes.- Polycystic kidney disease.- Other Cystic Kidney Diseases.- Genetic disorders of the glomerular basement membrane.- Anderson-Fabry disease and other inherited lipid disorders of the kidney.- Inherited Metabolic Disease.- Dermatology In Kidney Disease.- Chronic kidney disease: Epidemiology and

From the book reviews:"This book not only comprehensively reviews the pathogenesis of renal diseases, it also offers guidance on making appropriate clinical decisions. ... This is an excellent tool for nephrologists from fellows to clinicians, as well as for medical students who have a more than average interest in nephrology. ... This is a very good resource for nephrology fellows looking to acquire a quick yet thorough overview of renal diseases as well as how to diagnose and treat them." (Annick Edon, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2015)