SECTION I – Normal Renal Function: Molecular, Cellular, Structural and Physiological Principles
CHAPTER 1. Embryology of the Kidney
CHAPTER 2. Anatomy of the Kidney
CHAPTER 3. The Renal Circulations and Glomerular Ultrafiltration
CHAPTER 4. Metabolic Basis of Solute Transport
CHAPTER 6. Renal Handling of Organic Solutes
CHAPTER 7. Renal Acidification
CHAPTER 8. Cell Biology of Vasopressin Action
CHAPTER 9. Urine Concentration and Dilution
SECTION II – Integrated Control of Body Fluid Volume and Composition
CHAPTER 10. Vasoactive Peptides and the Kidney
CHAPTER 11. Arachidonic Acid Metabolites and the Kidney
CHAPTER 12. Extracellular Fluid and Edema Formation
CHAPTER 13. Disorders of Water Balance
CHAPTER 14. Disorders of Acid-Base Balance
CHAPTER 15. Disorders of Potassium Balance
CHAPTER 16. Disorders of Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate Balance
SECTION III – Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 17. Epidemiology of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 18. Risk Factors and Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 20. Gender and Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 21. Aging and Kidney Disease
SECTION IV – Pathogenesis of Renal Disease
CHAPTER 22. Approach to the Patient with Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 23. Laboratory Assessment of Kidney Disease: Clearance, Urinalysis, and Kidney Biopsy[*]
CHAPTER 24. Interpretation of Electrolyte and Acid-Base Parameters in Blood and Urine
CHAPTER 25. Adaptation to Nephron Loss
CHAPTER 26. Renal and Systemic Manifestations of Glomerular Disease
CHAPTER 27. Diagnostic Kidney Imaging
CHAPTER 28. Interventional Nephrology
SECTION V – Disorders of Kidney Function
CHAPTER 29. Acute Kidney Injury
CHAPTER 30. Primary Glomerular Disease
CHAPTER 31. Secondary Glomerular Disease
CHAPTER 32. Microvascular and Macrovascular Diseases of the Kidney
CHAPTER 33. Tubulointerstitial Diseases
CHAPTER 34. Urinary Tract Infection, Pyelonephritis, and Reflux Nephropathy
CHAPTER 35. Urinary Tract Obstruction
CHAPTER 36. Diabetic Nephropathy
SECTION VI – Genetic Basis of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 39. Inherited Disorders of Podocyte Function
CHAPTER 40. Inherited Disorders of the Renal Tubule
CHAPTER 41. Cystic Diseases of the Kidney
SECTION VII – Hypertension and the Kidney
CHAPTER 42. Primary and Secondary Hypertension
CHAPTER 43. Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephropathy
CHAPTER 44. Hypertension and Kidney Disease in Pregnancy
CHAPTER 45. Antihypertensive Drugs
SECTION VIII – The Consequences of Renal Failure
CHAPTER 47. Pathophysiology of Uremia
CHAPTER 48. Cardiovascular Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 49. Hematologic Aspects of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 50. Endocrine Aspects of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 51. Neurologic Aspects of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 52. Mineral Bone Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
SECTION IX – Conservative and Pharmacologic Management of Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 53. Diet and Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 54. Specific Pharmacologic Approaches to Clinical Renoprotection
CHAPTER 55. Erythropoietin Therapy in Renal Disease and Renal Failure
CHAPTER 56. Vitamin D, Calcimimetics, and Phosphate-Binders[*]
CHAPTER 57. Prescribing Drugs in Kidney Disease [*]
SECTION X – Invasive Therapy of Renal Failure
CHAPTER 59. Peritoneal Dialysis
CHAPTER 60. Intensive Care Nephrology
CHAPTER 62. Extracorporeal Treatment of Poisoning
SECTION XI – Renal Transplantation
CHAPTER 63. Transplantation Immunobiology
CHAPTER 64. Donor and Recipient Issues
CHAPTER 65. Clinical Management
SECTION XII – Frontiers in Nephrology
CHAPTER 66. Attaining Immunologic Tolerance in the Clinic
CHAPTER 67. Xenotransplantation
CHAPTER 68. Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
CHAPTER 69. Stem Cells in Renal Biology and Medicine
CHAPTER 70. Genomics and Proteomics in Nephrology