This work offers a broad review of kidney diseases with regard to symptoms, investigation and treatment. It deals with a variety of clinical entities, such as glomerulonephritis, renal stones, hypertension, urinary infection and renal failure. Chapters on dialysis and transplantation highlighting local incidence and statistics have been included. Up-to-date concepts and therapies of kidney diseases, as well as the latest statistics on kidney diseases, are also covered.
Author(s): K. T. Woo
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 352
Cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
CHAPTER 1 Structure and Function......Page 14
CHAPTER 2 Symptoms and Signs in Renal Medicine......Page 26
CHAPTER 3 Renal Investigations......Page 34
CHAPTER 4 Glomerulonephritis......Page 47
CHAPTER 5 Nephrotic Syndrome......Page 70
CHAPTER 6 Recent Concepts in Pathogenesis and Therapy of IgA Nephritis......Page 95
CHAPTER 7 Lupus Nephritis......Page 110
CHAPTER 8 Urinary Tract Infection......Page 119
CHAPTER 9 Sex and the Kidney......Page 148
CHAPTER 10 Hypertension and the Kidney......Page 154
CHAPTER 11 Diuretics......Page 167
CHAPTER 12 Kidney Stones......Page 176
CHAPTER 13 Diabetes Mellitus and the Kidney......Page 185
CHAPTER 14 Fluid and Electrolytes......Page 195
CHAPTER 15 Acid-Base Balance......Page 206
CHAPTER 16 Clinical Problems on Fluids, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance......Page 216
CHAPTER 17 Renal Tubular Acidosis......Page 231
CHAPTER 18 Renal Tubular Disorders......Page 243
CHAPTER 19 Systemic Disease and the Kidney......Page 251
CHAPTER 20 Pregnancy and the Kidney......Page 266
CHAPTER 21 Cancer and the Kidney......Page 269
CHAPTER 22 Inherited Kidney Diseases......Page 271
CHAPTER 23 Drugs and the Kidney......Page 278
CHAPTER 24 Acute Renal Failure......Page 287
CHAPTER 25 Chronic Renal Failure......Page 298
CHAPTER 26 Dialysis......Page 311
CHAPTER 27 RenaI TranspIantation......Page 329
Index......Page 350
Back......Page 354
