Nephrology in 30 Days

Nephrology in 30 Days

Authors: Robert F. Reilly and Mark A. Perazella

Published: 2005

ISBN: 9780071437011 0071437010

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 INTRODUCTION

2 DISORDERS OF SODIUM BALANCE

3 DISORDERS OF WATER BALANCE (HYPO- AND HYPERNATREMIA)

4 DIURETICS

5 INTRAVENOUS FLUID REPLACEMENT

6 POTASSIUM HOMEOSTASIS

7 METABOLIC ACIDOSIS

8 METABOLIC ALKALOSIS

9 RESPIRATORY AND MIXED ACID-BASE DISTURBANCES

10 DISORDERS OF SERUM CALCIUM

11 DISORDERS OF SERUM PHOSPHORUS

12 DISORDERS OF SERUM MAGNESIUM

13 NEPHROLITHIASIS

14 URINALYSIS

15 ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

16 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

17 GLOMERULAR DISEASES

18 TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASES

19 OBSTRUCTION OF THE GENITOURINARY TRACT

20 ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

21 SECONDARY CAUSES OF HYPERTENSION

22 URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Index