Practical Nephrology

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Assessment of the Renal Patient....Pages 1-17
Urine Analysis....Pages 19-28
Imaging in Nephrology....Pages 29-38
Kidney Biopsy....Pages 39-45
Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology and Assessment....Pages 47-62
Acute Kidney Injury: Management and Prevention....Pages 63-73
Acute Renal Replacement Therapy....Pages 75-90
Hepatorenal Syndrome....Pages 91-99
Common Electrolyte Disorders....Pages 101-122
Acid-Base Disorders....Pages 123-133
Diagnosis and Investigation of the Hypertensive Patient....Pages 135-145
Management of High Blood Pressure....Pages 147-156
Podocytopathies....Pages 157-159
Management of the Nephrotic Patient: The Overall Approach to the Patient with Nephrotic Syndrome (NS)....Pages 161-163
Management of the Nephrotic Patient: Treatment of ECF Volume Expansion Due to Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults....Pages 165-169
Minimal Change Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis....Pages 171-182
Membranous Nephropathy....Pages 183-188
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and C3 Glomerulopathy....Pages 189-202
IgA Nephropathy and Henoch-Schönlein Purpura....Pages 203-213
Systemic Small Vessel Vasculitis....Pages 215-226
Goodpasture’s or Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane (GBM) Disease....Pages 227-233
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Syndrome and the Kidney....Pages 235-247
Practical Immunosuppression Guidelines for Patients with Glomerulonephritis....Pages 249-256
Infectious Diseases and the Kidney....Pages 257-268
Blood-Borne Viruses and the Kidney....Pages 269-279
Tubulointerstitial Nephritis....Pages 281-289
Rheumatological Conditions and the Kidney....Pages 291-301
Multiple Myeloma and the Kidney....Pages 303-310
Amyloidosis....Pages 311-322
Thrombotic Microangiopathies....Pages 323-330
Sickle Cell Disease and Other Haematological Disorders Involving the Kidney....Pages 331-343
Diabetes and the Kidney....Pages 345-357
Pregnancy and the Kidney....Pages 359-379
Disease of the Renal Vessels....Pages 381-394
Urinary Tract Infection....Pages 395-411
Renal Stone Disease....Pages 413-428
Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract....Pages 429-437
Acquired Urinary Tract Obstruction....Pages 439-451
Kidney Cancer....Pages 453-468
Inherited Renal Tumour Syndromes....Pages 469-479
Polycystic Kidney Disease....Pages 481-489
Other Cystic Kidney Diseases....Pages 491-495
Genetic Disorders of the Glomerular Basement Membrane....Pages 497-507
Anderson-Fabry Disease and Other Inherited Lipid Disorders of the Kidney....Pages 509-513
Inherited Metabolic Disease....Pages 515-524
Dermatology in Kidney Disease....Pages 525-536
Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology and Causes....Pages 537-545
Chronic Kidney Disease: Management....Pages 547-562
Transition....Pages 563-567
Anaemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease....Pages 569-579
Chronic Kidney Disease: Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD)....Pages 581-587
Chronic Kidney Disease: Cardiovascular Complications....Pages 589-601
Coagulation in Kidney Disease....Pages 603-612
Symptom Control and Palliative Care in Advanced CKD....Pages 613-620
Nutrition and Kidney Disease....Pages 621-628
Pharmacology and the Kidney....Pages 629-634
Prevention of Infection in Kidney Patients....Pages 635-645
Setting Up and Running a Haemodialysis Service....Pages 647-656
Vascular Access: Improving Outcomes for Haemodialysis Patients....Pages 657-673
Vascular Access: Fistulae and Grafts....Pages 675-683
Complications of Maintenance Haemodialysis and How to Avoid Them....Pages 685-703
Providing a Peritoneal Dialysis Service....Pages 705-716
Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription....Pages 717-723
Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis and How to Avoid Them....Pages 725-737
Assessment of the Potential Transplant Donor....Pages 739-754
Assessment of the Potential Transplant Recipient....Pages 755-766
Tissue Typing, Crossmatch and Antibody Incompatibility in Kidney Transplantation....Pages 767-781
Surgical Aspects of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation....Pages 783-796
Management of the Acute Transplant....Pages 797-811
Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplantation....Pages 813-827
Infectious Complications of Transplantation....Pages 829-856
Long-Term Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs)....Pages 857-876
International Health Partnerships....Pages 877-880
Back Matter....Pages 881-901