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Chronic kidney disease : a practical guide to understanding and management / edited by A. Meguid El Nahas and Adeera Levin.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford clinical nephrology series.
- Oxford clinical nephrology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronic renal failure.
- Chronic renal failure--Treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rapidly becoming a global healthcare problem, with an estimated 10% of the general population affected. As a result, it is becoming increasingly important that primary care physicians and general physicians as well as aspiring nephrologists, have a firm understanding of CKD as well as access to the key information.Practical and highly-accessible, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the understanding and management of patients with CKD. It offers both primary care physicians and non-nephrology specialists an introduction to and insights into the disease.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Practical approaches to the diagnosis and management of common nephrological problems; Practical approach to proteinuria; Practical approach to haematuria; Practical approach to urinary tract infections (UTIs); Practical approach to hypertension; Practical approach to glomerulonephritis; Practical approach to diabetic kidney disease; Practical approach to drugs in CKD; 2 Chronic kidney disease (CKD): the scope of the global problem
- Definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) according to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)Classification of CKD as defined by KDOQI and modified and endorsed by KDIGO; Use of the NKF-KDIGO classification in population estimates of CKD prevalence; Definition of end-stage renal disease (ESRD); Problems with international comparisons of ESRD data; Prevalence of CKD in Western countries; Prevalence of CKD in Asian countries; Prevalence of CKD in ethnic minorities in the West; Prevalence of CKD in developing countries
- Incidence of CKD in Western countriesIncidence of CKD in ethnic minorities in the West; Prevalence of treated ESRD; Incidence of treated ESRD; Treated ESRD in developing countries; Global cost of CKD and ESRD; 3 Chronic kidney disease: classification, risk factors, and natural history; Introduction; Definition, classification, and clinical action plan; Natural history and outcomes of CKD; Risk factors for CKD; 4 Recommendations for screening and detection of chronic kidney disease; Introduction; Principles of screening and CKD; Targeted screening: high-risk groups
- Current screening guidelinesOther strategies; Conclusion; 5 Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease; Introduction; Kidney disease: cardiovascular risk factor?; Identifying those individuals with CKD who are at highest risk of ischaemic heart disease: markers and equations; Causes, diagnosis, and treatment of CVD in CKD; Is cardiovascular disease a CKD risk factor?; Conclusions; 6 Chronic kidney disease and infectious disease; Introduction; Chronic kidney diseases (CKD) due to infection; Mechanisms involved in the development of CKD associated with infection; Bacterial glomerulopathy
- Bacterial interstitial nephritisMycobacterial infection; Viral glomerulopathy; Viral interstitial nephritis; Protozoal infection; Fungal infection; Chronic infective inflammation; Conclusion; 7 Unique aspects of chronic kidney disease in the developing countries; Introduction; Prevalence; Risk factors; Diagnosis; Treatment options; The socio-economic impact of prevention programmes; 8 Management of chronic kidney disease: controlling hypertension and reducing proteinuria; Introduction; Hypertension and the risk of development of CKD; Hypertension and the risk of progression of CKD
- Causes of hypertension in CKD
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-176346-2
- 1-283-57998-7
- 9786613892430
- 0-19-157557-7
- OCLC:
- 801363540
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