Renal Pathophysiology The Essentials

by Rennke, Helmut G.; Denker, Bradley M.

• ISBN13: 9780781796262
• ISBN10: 0781796261
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-18
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This text offers second-year medical students a case-based approach to learning mechanisms of renal disease. Each chapter covers a disease and begins with a patient case, followed by discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease. Issues of differential diagnosis and therapy are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms. Short questions interspersed in the text require students to apply their knowledge, and detailed answers to the questions are given. The Second Edition incorporates the latest findings regarding mechanisms of renal disease. This edition also has a two-color art program and a fresh new design that features cases, questions, and other pedagogical elements prominently.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
CHAPTER 1 Review of Renal Physiology	1	(30)
CHAPTER 2 Regulation of Salt and Water Balance	31	(38)
CHAPTER 3 Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia, and Polyuria	69	(30)
CHAPTER 4 Edematous States and the Use of Diuretics	99	(28)
CHAPTER 5 Acid-Base Physiology and Metabolic Alkalosis	127	(30)
CHAPTER 6 Metabolic Acidosis	157	(18)
CHAPTER 7 Disorders of Potassium Balance	175	(24)
CHAPTER 8 Urinalysis and Approach to the Patient With Renal Disease	199	(20)
CHAPTER 9 Pathogenesis of Major Glomerular and Vascular Diseases	219	(48)
CHAPTER 10 Progression of Chronic Renal Failure	267	(24)
CHAPTER 11 Acute Renal Failure	291	(20)
CHAPTER 12 Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Renal Failure	311	(26)
CHAPTER 13 Tubulointerstitial Diseases	337	(24)
Figure Credits	361	(4)
Index	365