Nephrology

Dr Surjit Tarafdar works as a General Physician and Nephrologist at Blacktown and Mt. Druitt Hospital in Sydney, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, and holds the position of Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is co-author of the first edition of Passing the FRACP Written Examination: Questions and Answers. Dr Tarafdar is the founder of the annual 2-day nephrology revision program for the postgraduate trainees in medicine called 'Revise Nephrology', which has been running successfully in Sydney since 2015.

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgements xiii

1 Clinical Implications of Renal Physiology 1

2 Investigation of Renal Diseases 21

3 Disorders of the Renal Tubules Leading to Disturbances of Acid–Base and Potassium 41

4 Renal Stones 53

5 Kidney Cancer 67

6 Acute Kidney Injury 77

7 Chronic Kidney Disease 89

8 Nephrotic Syndrome 111

9 Glomerulonephritis 127

10 Renal Vasculitis and Lupus Nephritis 143

11 Renovascular Hypertension, Pregnancy‐Related Hypertension, and Thrombotic Microangiopathies 163

12 Hereditary and Familial Renal Diseases 181

13 Hepatorenal Syndrome 195

14 Infections of the Kidney 203

15 Diabetic Nephropathy 215

16 Kidney Disease in Myeloma and Other Monoclonal Gammopathies 231

17 Tubulointerstitial Diseases 245

18 Maintenance Haemodialysis 257

19 Peritoneal Dialysis: Principles, Indications, and Common Complications 277

20 Renal Transplantation 295

Index 321