High-Yield Kidney prepares you for USMLE Step 1 and your clinical years by presenting complete basic science information and clinical applications for one specific organ system.

Features:

• Chapters are organized by basic science
• Clear explanations and consistent language from an experienced medical educator
• Packed with radiographs, CT scans, MRI, and micrographs of normal tissue as well as pathologic conditions
• Excellent index for easy look-up of topics

Contents

Embryology

• Development of the Metanephros
• Relative Ascent of the Kidneys
• Blood Supply of the Kidneys
• Development of the Urinary Bladder
• Development of the Female Urethra
• Development of the Male Urethra
• Clinical Considerations
• Development of the Suprarenal Gland

Gross Anatomy

• Kidney Surface Projections
• Kidney Relationships to Neighboring Structures
• Internal Macroscopic Anatomy of the Kidney
• Vasculature of the Kidney
• Innervation of the Kidney
• Lymphatic Drainage of the Kidney
• Clinical Considerations of the Kidney
• Ureter
• Urinary Bladder
• Urethra

Radiology

• Intravenous Urography (IVU)
• Retrograde Urography
• Anterograde Urography
• Cystography
• Voiding Cystourethrography (VCUG)
• Retrograde Urethrography (RUG)
• Ultrasonography
• Angiography
• Radioisotope Renography
• Captopril Radioisotope Renography
• Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging
• MR Angiography
• Computed Tomography (CT)
• Radiology of Renal Calculi
• Urodynamics
• Urograms, Sonograms, Angiograms, Renograms, MR Imaging, and CT Scans

Histology

• Renal Interstitium
• Renal Vasculature
• Nephrons
• Collecting Duct
• Hormonal Control of the Kidney
• Glomerular Filtration Barrier (GFB)
• Juxtaglomerular (JG) Complex
• Ureter
• Urinary Bladder
• Urethra

Physiology

• Basic Renal Processes
• Renal Handling of Organic Substances
• Renal Handling of NA⁺, Cl^-, and H₂0
• Concentration of Urine
• Control of NA⁺ and H₂0
• Renal Handling of K⁺
• Control of K⁺
• Renal Handling of Ca² and PO^2-
• Control of Ca² and PO^2-
• Renal Handling of HCO₃ and H⁺
• Control of HCO₃ and H⁺
• Renal Tubule Functions
• Acid-Base Balance
• Regulation of Arterial Blood Pressure

Pathology

• Polycystic Kidney Diseases
• Glomerulonephritis
• Glomerulopathy
• Vascular Diseases of the Kidney
• Tubular and Interstitial Diseases of the Kidney
• Renal Transplant Rejection
• Renal Failure
• Renal Cancers
• Pathology of the Ureter
• Pathology of the Urinary Bladder
• Selected Photographs, Radiographs, and Micrographs

Microbiology

• Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
• Causative Agents of Ascending Route UTIs
• Some Common Causative Agents of Hematogenous Route UTIs
• Pyelonephritis ("Pyelo-" = Renal Pelvis)
• Acute and Chronic Cystitis
• Causative Agents of Cystitis
• Urethritis
• Causative Agents of Urethritis
• Selected Micrographs, Photographs, Computed Tomographic Scans, and Magnetic Resonance Images

Pharmacology

• Pyelonephritis
• Cystitis and Urethritis
• Antibiotics
• Antimycobacterial Drugs
• Antifungal Drugs
• Anthelminthic Agents
• Pharmacology of Diuretics
• Summary Table of Drugs

Index

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