Integrated systematic nephrology / edited by Tak-Mao Chan and Man-Kam Chan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Tak-Mao.

Chan, M. K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kidneys--Diseases.

Kidneys.

Nephrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This concise medium-size textbook provides updated knowledge that is essential to the understanding and practice of nephrology.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 - Normal Structure and Function of the Kidneys; 2 - Symptoms and Signs of Renal Diseases and Investigative Procedures; 3 - Electrolyte Disorders; 4 - Water Metabolism, Hyponatraemia, and Hypernatraemia; 5 - Acid-base Homeostasis; 6 - Acute Renal Failure; 7 - Obstructive Uropathy; 8 - Urinary Tract Infection; 9 - Tubulointerstitial Diseases; 10 - Glomerulonephritis; 11 - Some Specific Glimerulonephritides; 12 - Systemic Diseases and the Kidney; 13 - Cystic Diseases of the Kidney; 14 - Hypertension and the Kidney; 15 - Diabetes Mellitus and the Kidney

16 - Liver Diseases and the Kidney17 - Pregnancy and Kidney Diseases; 18 - Neoplastic Disease and the Kidney; 19 - Common Urological Problems; 20 - Common Familial and Hereditary Renal Diseases; 21 - Chronic Renal Failure; 22 - Rental Osteodystrophy; 23 - Metabolic Aspects of Kidney Disease; 24 - The Endocrine System in Renal Failure; 25 - Peritoneal Dialysis; 26 - Haemodialysis; 27 - Renal Transplantation; 28 - End-Stage Renal Failure in Children; 29 - Drugs and the Kidney; 30 - Diuretics and Disorders of Uric Acid Metabolism; 31 - Drug Intoxication, Poisoning, and Plasma Exchange; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-70749-3

9786612707490

988-220-380-9

OCLC:

650847775