Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE RENAL SYSTEM
1. Basic Biology of the Kidney, Alfred L. George, Jr., Eric G. Neilson
2. Adaptation of the Kidney to Renal Injury, Raymond C. Harris, Jr., Eric G. Neilson
SECTION II: ALTERATIONS OF RENAL FUNCTION AND ELECTROLYTES
3. Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities, Bradley M. Denker, Barry M. Brenner
4. Atlas of Urinary Sediments and Renal Biopsies, Agnes B. Fogo, Eric G. Neilson
5. Acidosis and Alkalosis, Thomas D. DuBose, Jr.
6. Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances, Gary G. Singer, Barry M. Brenner
7. Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia, Sundeep Khosla
8. Hyperuricemia and Gout, Robert L. Wortmann, H. Ralph Schumacher, Lan X. Chen
9. Nephrolithiasis, John R. Asplin, Fredric L. Coe, Murray J. Favus
SECTION III: ACUTE AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
10. Acute Renal Failure, Kathleen D. Liu, Glenn M. Chertow
11. Chronic Kidney Disease, Joanne M. Bargman, Karl Skorecki
12. Dialysis in the Treatment of Renal Failure, Kathleen D. Liu, Glenn M. Chertow
13. Transplantation in the Treatment of Renal Failure, Charles B. Carpenter, Edgar L. Milford, Mohamed H. Sayegh
14. Infections in Transplant Recipients, Robert Finberg, Joyce Fingeroth
SECTION IV: GLOMERULAR AND TUBULAR DISORDERS
15. Glomerular Diseases, Julia B. Lewis, Eric G. Neilson
16. Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Tubular Disorders, David J. Salant, Parul S. Patel
17. Tubulointerstitial Diseases of the Kidney, Alan S. L. Yu, Barry M. Brenner
SECTION V: RENAL VASCULAR DISEASE
18. Vascular Injury to the Kidney, Kamal F. Badr, Barry M. Brenner
19. Hypertensive Vascular Disease, Theodore A. Kotchen
SECTION VI: URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND OBSTRUCTION
20. Urinary Tract Infections, Pyelonephritis, and Prostatitis, Walter E. Stamm
21. Urinary Tract Obstruction, Julian L. Seifter, Barry M. Brenner
SECTION VII: CANCER OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT
22. Bladder and Renal Cell Carcinomas, Howard I. Scher, Robert J. Motzer
Appendix:
Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance, Alexander Kratz, Michael A. Pesce, Daniel J. Fink
Review and Self-Assessment:
Charles Wiener, Gerald Bloomfield, Cynthia D. Brown, Joshua Schiffer, Adam Spivak
Index

About the Author

C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts