The Kidney at a Glance

Chris O'Callaghan, Clinician Scientist and Renal Physician, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK.

Preface; Introduction and how to use this book; Abbreviations and glossary; Nomenclature; Introduction 1 The kidney: structural overview; 2 The kidney: functional overview; 3 Development of the renal system; 4 Clinical features of kidney disease; 5 The kidney: laboratory investigation and diagnostic imaging; Basic renal science 6 Renal sodium handling; 7 Renal potassium handling; 8 Renal acid-base and buffer concepts; 9 Renal acid-base handling; 10 Calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism; 11 The kidney and water balance; 12 Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease; 13 Renal vascular biology; 14 Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney; 15 Renal pharmacology: diuretics; Disorders of renal metabolic function 16 Hereditary disorders of tubular transport; 17 Regulation of body sodium and body water; 18 Disorders of sodium and water metabolism; 19 Hyponatremia and hypernatremia; 20 The edema states: sodium and water retention; 21 Regulation of potassium metabolism; 22 Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia; 23 Control of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium; 24 Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia; 25 Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances; 26 Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis; 27 Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, and respiratory alkalosis; 28 Renal tubular acidosis; Renal disease processes 29 Glomerular disease: an overview; 30 Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases; 31 Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli; 32 Tubulointerstitial disease; 33 Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome; 34 Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation; 35 Hypertension: complications and therapy; 36 Diabetes mellitus and the kidney; 37 Renal vascular disease; 38 Adult autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; 39 Acute renal failure: pathophysiology; 40 Acute renal failure: clinical aspects; 41 Chronic renal failure and renal bone disease; 42 Chronic renal failure: clinical complications and their management; 43 Treatment of renal failure with dialysis; 44 Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration; 45 Renal transplantation; 46 Urinary tract infection; 47 Renal tract stones; 48 Renal tract cancer; Clinical cases 49 Clinical cases for self-assessment; 50 Clinical cases: answers and explanations; Index