Clinical Pediatric Nephrology features expanded case histories relating to the discussion and management of renal disease.
Features:
- Offers a worldwide array of contributors, including the most prominent pediatric nephrologists in the United States
- Is excellently illustrated with photomicrographs and clinical diagrams supporting the chapters
Contents
Kidney-Structure and Applied Renal Physiology
- Structure and Development of Kidney
- Renal Water and Electrolyte Disorders
- Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
Epidemiology and Evaluation of Renal Disease
- Epidemiology of Renal Disease in Children
- Clinical Assement of Renal function
- Diagnostic Imaging of the Urinary Tract
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Renal Biopsy
- Proteinuria and Hematuria
Parenchymal Diseases
- Acute Glomerulonephritis and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Inherited nephropathies
- IgA Nephropathy and Henoch Schonlein Purpura Nephritis
- Tubulo-interstitial Nephritis
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Renal Involvement in Sytemic Lupus Erythematosus and Vasculitis
- Cystic Kidney Disease
- Kidney in Viral Infections
- Sickle Cell Disease
Diseases of Tubular Transport
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Disorders of Tubular Transport
Renal Failure
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Renal Osteodystrophy
- Acute Renal Failure
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- Renal Transplantation
- Nutrition in Renal Diseases
Hypertension
- Pediatric Hypertension:Epidemiology and Evaluation
- Pharmacotherapy of Hypertension
Developmental and Urologic Disorders
- Syndromic Renal Disorders and Malformations
- Obstructive Uropathy
- Voiding Disorders
- Urolithiasis
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Renal Tumors
Index
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