Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation E-Book : A Companion to Brenner and Rector's the Kidney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Himmelfarb, Jonathan.

Contributor:

Ikizler, T. Alp.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kidney Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Kidney Diseases.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1058 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Elsevier, 2018.

System Details:

data file

Contents:

Front Cover; IFC; Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation: A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney; Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; SECTION EDITORS; List of Contributors; CONTENTS; I

Chronic Kidney Disease; 1

Chronic Kidney Disease: Definition, Epidemiology, Cost, and Outcomes; DEFINITION AND STAGING OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; Definition; Staging; Strengths and Limitations of the Current Chronic Kidney Disease Classification System; Limitations; Future Directions; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; Etiology of Chronic Kidney Disease;

Prevalence and Incidence of Chronic Kidney DiseasePrevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease; Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease; Prevalence and Incidence of Kidney Failure; Prevalence of Treated Kidney Failure; Incidence of Treated Kidney Failure; COSTS OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; Chronic Kidney Disease (Not on Kidney Replacement Therapy) Costs; End-Stage Renal Disease Costs; OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; Outcomes Before Kidney Replacement Therapy; Outcomes on Kidney Replacement Therapy; CONCLUSION; 2

Measurement and Estimation of Kidney Function; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION;

Determinants of Glomerular Filtration RateVariability of Glomerular Filtration Rate; MEASUREMENT OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; Physiology of Urinary Clearance and the Measurement of GFR; True GFR versus Measured GFR; Clearance Methods; Exogenous Filtration Markers; ESTIMATION OF GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; Relationship of Glomerular Filtration Rate to Plasma Solute Concentrations; Estimating Equations for Glomerular Filtration Rate; Interpretation of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimates; ENDOGENOUS FILTRATION MARKERS; Creatinine; 1. Structure and Function; 2. Plasma Levels; 3. Generation;

4. Renal Handling5. Extrarenal Elimination; 6. Assay; 7. Creatinine as a Filtration Marker; Cystatin C; 1. Structure and Function; 2. Plasma Levels; 3. Generation; 4. Renal Handling; 5. Extrarenal Elimination; 6. Assay; 7. Cystatin C as a Filtration Marker; Urea; 1. Structure and Function; 2. Plasma Levels; 3. Generation; 4. Renal Handling of Urea; 5. Extrarenal Elimination; 6. Assay; 7. Urea as a Filtration Marker; Novel Markers; 3

Diabetic Kidney Disease; INTRODUCTION; DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; Demographic Factors;

Alterations of Developmental ProgrammingHereditary Risk Factors; Hyperglycemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Acute Kidney Injury; Protein Intake; NATURAL HISTORY; KIDNEY STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IN DKD; CURRENT TREATMENT OF DKD; Glycemic Control; Antihypertensive Therapy; Dietary Management; Effect of Multiple Risk Factor Interventions in Diabetes; Population-Based Approaches; NEW THERAPIES FOR DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE; Newer Antihyperglycemic Agents; Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists; Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors; New Treatments for Diabetic Kidney Disease Targeting Intrinsic Kidney Mechanisms

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Himmelfarb, Jonathan Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Transplantation E-Book : A Companion to Brenner and Rector's the Kidney

ISBN:

9780323531726

0323531725

OCLC:

1076804235

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