The Renal System at a Glance

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

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 handling.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 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.49 Pregnancy and the renal system.Clinical cases.50 Clinical cases for self-assessment.51 Clinical cases: answers and explanations.Index