Current Essentials of Diagnosis & Treatment in Nephrology & Hypertension

A complete clinically focused guide to managing the full spectrum of kidney diseases and hypertension



Presented in the consistent, easy-to-follow CURRENT style, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Nephrology & Hypertension offers incisive, ready-to-use management protocols and valuable therapeutic guidelines -- from authors who are recognized as the field's foremost authorities.



Accessible, concise, and up-to-date, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Nephrology & Hypertension features:

* One-of-a-kind clinical overview of all major diseases and disorders, from end-stage renal disease to primary and secondary hypertension
* A practical, learn-as-you-go approach to diagnosing and treating renal disorders and hypertension that combines disease management techniques with the latest clinically proven therapies
* Up-to-date coverage of transplantation medicine and need-to-know interventional procedures
* An important review of subspecialty considerations: renal disease in the elderly, diabetic nephropathy, critical care nephrology, and dialysis
* Expert authorship from prominent clinicians in the areas of kidney disease, dialysis, and hypertension

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease, Edgar V. Lerma
I.Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders
2. Disorders of Extracellular Volume: Hypovolemia & Hypervolemia, David H. Ellison
3. Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia & Hypernatremia, Clancy Howard & Tomas Berl
4. Disorders of Potassium Balance: Hypokalemia & Hyperkalemia, Michael Emmett & Michael R. Wiederkehr
5. Acid-Base Disorders, John H. Galla, Ira Kurtz, Jeffrey A. Kraut, Gregg Y. Lipschik, & Jeanne P. Macrae
Metabolic Alkalosis, John H. Galla
Metabolic Acidosis, Ira Kurtz & Jeffrey A. Kraut
Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders, Gregg Y. Lipschick & Jeanne P. Macrae
6. Disorders of Calcium Balance: Hypercalcemia & Hypocalcemia, Stanley Goldfarb
7. Disorders of Phosphate Balance: Hypophosphatemia & Hyperphosphatemia, Keith A. Hruska
8. Disorders of Magnesium Balance: Hypomagnesemia & Hypermagnesemia, Meryl Waldman & Sidney Kobrin
II.Acute Renal Failure
9. Acute Kidney Injury, Muhammad Sohail Yaqub & Bruce Molitoris
10. Hepatorenal Syndrome, Florence Wong
11. Rhabdomyolysis, James P. Knochel
12. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy, Steven Brunelli & Michael R. Rudnick
13. Tumor Lysis Syndrome, Brian Stephany & Martin Schreiber, Jr.
14. Acute Renal Failure from Therapeutic Agents, Ali J. Olyaei & William M. Bennett
15. NSAIDs & the Kidney: Acute Renal Failure, Mark A. Perazella
16. Obstructive Uropathy, Beckie Michael
III.Chronic Renal Failure
17. Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome, Gregorio T. Obrador
18. Anemia & Chronic Kidney Disease, Robert Provenzano
19. Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease, Nadia Zalunardo & Adeera Levin
20. Renal Osteodystrophy, William G. Goodman
21. Chronic Renal Failure & the Uremic Syndrome: Nutritional Issues, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh & Joel D. Kopple
22. Slowing the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease, Maarten W. Taal
IV.Glomerular Disorders
23. Nephrotic Syndrome versus Nephritic Syndrome, Isaac Teitelbaum & Laura Kooienga
24. Minimal Change Disease, Elaine S. Kamil
25. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Debbie S. Gipson & Howard Trachtman
26. Membranous Nephropathy, Fernando C. Fervenza & Daniel C. Cattran
27. Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy & Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, Meryl Waldman & Gerald B. Appel
28. Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis, Howard Trachtman
29. Goodpasture?s Syndrome/Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease, Sian Finlay & Andrew J. Rees
30. Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis, Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe & Sergio Mezzano
31. Vasculitides, Patrick H. Nachman & Cynthia J. Denu-Ciocca
32. Lupus Nephritis, James E. Balow
33. Plasma Cell Dyscrasias, Richard J. Glassock & Arthur H. Cohen
34. Thrombotic Microangiopathies, Cynthia C. Nast & Sharon G. Adler
35. Glomerular Disorders due to Infections, Jeremy S. Leventhal, Michael J. Ross, Kar Neng Lai, & Sydney C.W. Tang
HIV-Associated Nephropathy, Jeremy S. Leventhal & Michael J. Ross
Hepatitis-Associated Glomerulonephritis, Kar Neng Lai & Sydney C.W. Tang
V.Tubulointerstitial Diseases
36. Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis, Edgar V. Lerma
37. Chronic Tubulointerstitial Nephritis, Edgar V. Lerma
38. Urinary Tract Infection, Kamaljit Singh, Sampath Kumar, Ronald Villareal, & Edgar V. Lerma
39. Reflux Nephropathy, Hiep T. Nguyen & Emil A. Tanagho

40. Nephrolithiasis, Elaine M. Worcester & Fredric L. Coe
VI.Hypertension
41. Primary (Essential) Hypertension, Peter D. Hart & George L. Bakris
42. Secondary Hypertension, William J. Elliott, Priya Kalahasti, Sey M. Lau, Joseph V. Nally, Jr., & Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez
General Approaches, William J. Elliott
Renovascular Hypertension, Priya Kalahasti, Sey M. Lau, & Joseph V. Nally, Jr.
Endocrine Hypertension, Celso E. Gomez-Sanchez
Coarctation of the Aorta, William J. Elliott
Sleep Apnea, William J. Elliott
43. Hypertension in High-Risk Populations, David Martins, Keith Norris, Tiina Podymow, & Phyllis August
Hypertension in African-Americans, David Martins & Keith Norris
Hypertension in the Elderly
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Tiina Podymow & Phyllis August
44. Refractory Hypertension, Luis M. Ruilope & Julian Segura
45. Hypertensive Emergencies & Urgencies, William J. Elliott
VII.Cystic & Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
46. Cystic Diseases of the Kidney, Qi Qian & Vicente E. Torres
47. Familial Hematurias: Alport Syndrome & Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy, Clifford E. Kashtan
48. Fabry Disease, Robert J. Desnick
49. Sickle Cell Nephropathy, Jon I. Scheinman
VIII.Renal ReplacementTherapy
50. Hemodialysis, Michael V. Rocco & Shahriar Moossavi
51. Peritoneal Dialysis, Brenda B. Hoffman
52. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Frank Liu & Ravindra Mehta
53. Renal Transplantation, Phuong-Thu Pham, Julie Yabu, Phuong-Chi T. Pham, & Alan H. Wilkinson
IX.Kidney Disease in Special Populations
54. Diabetic Nephropathy, Yalemzewd Woredekal & Eli A. Friedman
55. Pregnancy & Renal Disease, Priya Anantharaman, Rebecca J. Schmidt, and Jean L. Holley
56. Aging & Renal Disease, Nada B. Dimkovic & Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos
X.Special Topics in Nephrology
57. Interventional Nephrology: Endovascular Procedures, Theodore F. Saad
58. Interventional Nephrology: Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Procedures, Stephen R. Ash
59. Poisonings & Intoxications, James F. Winchester & Donald A. Feinfeld
Index