Primer on Kidney Diseases

Call No: -616.61 PRI 2009

Edition:5th ed

Physical Description: xvii, 594 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmNotes: includes index

IX. The kidney in special circumstances -- the kidney in infants and children -- The kidney in pretgnancy -- The kidney in aging -- X. Chronic kidney disease and its therapy -- Pathophysiology of chronic kidney disease -- Staging and management of chronic kidney disease -- Hemodialysis and hemofiltration -- Peritoneal dialysis -- Outcome of end-stage renal disease therapies --Nutrition and kidney disease -- Bone disorders in chronic kidney disease? -- Cardiac function and cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease -- Hematologic manifestations of chronic kidney disease -- Endocrine and neurologic manifestations of chronic kidney disease -- Selection of prospective kidney transplant recipients -- Post-transplantation monitoring and outcomes -- XI. Hypertension -- Pathogenesis of hypertension -- evaluation and management of hypertension -- secondary hypertension.