[eBook Code] Nephrology (eBook Code, 1st)

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Clinical Implications of Renal Physiology 1

2 Investigation of Renal Diseases 21

3 Disorders of the Renal Tubules Leading to Disturbances of Acid–Base and Potassium 41

4 Renal Stones 53

5 Kidney Cancer 67

6 Acute Kidney Injury 77

7 Chronic Kidney Disease 89

8 Nephrotic Syndrome 111

9 Glomerulonephritis 127

10 Renal Vasculitis and Lupus Nephritis 143

11 Renovascular Hypertension, Pregnancy‐Related Hypertension, and Thrombotic Microangiopathies 163

12 Hereditary and Familial Renal Diseases 181

13 Hepatorenal Syndrome 195

14 Infections of the Kidney 203

15 Diabetic Nephropathy 215

16 Kidney Disease in Myeloma and Other Monoclonal Gammopathies 231

17 Tubulointerstitial Diseases 245

18 Maintenance Haemodialysis 257

19 Peritoneal Dialysis: Principles, Indications, and Common Complications 277

20 Renal Transplantation 295

Index 321