Fifth Edition
by Christopher S. Wilcox
and C. Craig Tisher
Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension provides you with a concise, clinically oriented guide to the care of patients with kidney disease, hypertension, and related disorders.
From a review of renal structure and guidance on evaluating renal function, to information on common renal diseases and the latest on drugs and outcomes of the major clinical trials, Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension focuses on the types of diagnostic and treatment decisions you must make daily.
This book's authoritative contributions from both fellows and faculty make it an indispensable quick-reference for the resident, fellow, student, or practicing clinician.
NEW to the Fifth Edition...
- New section on drug treatment in hypertension and renal disease offers detailed chapters on individual drug classes to guide your prescribing decisions.
- New chapter on the management of anemia in renal disease details the use of erythropoietin and its analogs, iron, and other treatments for patients with chronic renal failure or end stage renal disease.
- Expanded section on hypertension, diagnosis and management shows you what works and why.
- More flowcharts, treatment algorithms, and diagnostic trees let you locate essential information at a glance.
- Increased emphasis on the prevention of progressive vascular disease helps you counsel patients on lifestyle changes, dietary modifications, and other tools useful in the prevention of vascular disease.
- Many new contributors—all noted nephrologists—assure you of only the most timely and clinically relevant perspectives available.
With the Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension get rapic access to the facts you need to make the right choice for your patients with renal disease or hypertension.
Contents:
- Renal structure in relation to function
- Evaluation of kidney structure : radiology and biopsy
- Evaluation of kidney function : biochemical and nuclear medicine tests
- Clinical and laboratory evaluation of renal disease and fluid status
- Hematuria
- Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Glomerular diseases
- Renal involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus
- Renal vasculitis
- Renal involvement in thrombotic microangiopathy, scleroderma, multiple myeloma, and amyloidosis
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis
- Familial and cystic renal diseases
- HIV infection and kidney disease
- Disorders of water balance
- Potassium disorders
- Acid-base disorders
- Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium disorders
- Renal stone disease
- Urinary tract infections
- Approach to the hypertensive patient
- Secondary forms of hypertension
- Hypertension and renal disease in pregnancy
- Diuretics
- Beta blockers, alpha blockers, and sympatholytics
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and mineralocorticosteroid antagonists
- Calcium channel blockers and other vasodilators
- Urgent, emergent, and resistant hypertension
- Use of drugs in renal failure
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
- Prevention of progression of chronic kidney disease and its cardiovascular complications
- Hemodialysis and continuous therapies
- Pertioneal dialysis
- Renal transplantation
- Anemia of chronic kidney disease
- Nutrition in renal failure
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