Complemented by Brenner and Rector's the Kidney / [edited by] Karl Skorecki, Glenn M. Chertow, Philip A. Marsden, Maarten W. Taal, Alan S.L. Yu. Tenth edition. 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: Chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease: definitions, epidemiology, cost, and outcomes -- Measurement and estimation of kidney function -- Diabetic kidney disease -- Hypertensive chronic kidney disease -- Chronic kidney disease in the elderly -- The pediatric patient with chronic kidney disease -- Genetic causes of chronic kidney disease -- Section 2: Complications and management of chronic kidney disease. The role of the chronic kidney disease clinic and multidisciplinary team care -- Anemia in chronic kidney disease -- Mineral bone disorders in chronic kidney disease -- Vitamin D disorders in chronic kidney disease -- Cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease -- Nutrent metabolism and protein-energy wasting chronic kidney disease -- Inflammation in chronic kidney disease -- Sleep disorders in chronic kidney disease -- Depression and neurocognitive function in chronic kidney disease -- Improving drug use and dosing in chronic kidney disease -- The pathophysiology of uremia -- Timing, initiation and modality options for renal replacement therapy -- Ethical challenges and the role of palliative care in kidney disease -- Section 3: Dialysis. Dialysis and end-stage kidney disease: epidemiology, cost, and outcomes -- Principles of hemodialysis -- Vascular access -- Hemodialysis adequacy -- Hemodialysis-associated infections -- Acute complications associated of hemodialysis -- Frequent hemodialysis: physiological, epidemiological, and practical aspects -- Home hemodialysis -- Peritoneal physiology -- The use and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis -- Peritoneal dialysis solutions, prescription and adequacy -- Peritoneal dialysis-related infections -- Noninfectious complications of peritoneal dialysis -- Section 4: Transplantation. Transplant epidemiology, costs and outcomes -- Transplantation immunobiology -- Evaluation of donors and recipients -- Surgical management of the renal transplant recipient -- Immunosuppresive therapy -- Diagnosis and therapy of graft dysfunction -- Infection in renal transplant recipients -- Noninfectious complications after kidney transplantation -- Recurrent and de novo renal diseases after kidney transplantation -- Pediatric renal transplantation -- Chronic kidney disease in the kidney transplant recipient -- Section 5: Acute kidney injury. The epidemiology of acute kidney injury -- Metabolic and nutritional complications of acute kidney injury -- Acute kidney injury diagnostics and biomarkers -- Pharmacological interventions in acute kidney injury -- Renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury.

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