Main description:

Revised in line with feedback from users of the first edition, this practical clinical resource boasts a worldwide array of contributors, including the most prominent pediatric nephrologists in the US.

Excellently illustrated with photomicrographs and clinical diagrams supporting the chapters, Clinical Pediatric Nephrology features expanded case histories relating to the discussion and management of renal disease – thus ensuring that this is a highly useful reference tool for nephrologists and house officers in practice, as well as nephrology fellows in training.

Contents:

Section I: Kidney - Structure and Applied Renal Physiology  1. Structure and Development of Kidney  2. Renal Water and Electrolyte Disorders  3. Disorders of Mineral Metabolism  Section II: Epidemiology and Evaluation of Renal Disease  4. Epidemiology of Renal Disease in Children  5. Clinical Assement of Renal Function   6. Diagnostic Imaging of the Urinary Tract  7. Radionuclide Imaging  8. Renal Biopsy  9. Proteinuria and Hematuria  Section III: Parenchymal Diseases  10. Acute Glomerulonephritis and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis  11. Nephrotic Syndrome  12. Inherited Nephropathies  13. IgA Nephropathy and Henoch Schonlein Purpura Nephritis  14. Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis  15. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome  16. Renal Involvement in Sytemic Lupus Erythematosus and Vasculitis  17. Cystic Kidney Disease  18. Kidney in Viral Infections  19. Sickle Cell Disease  Section IV: Diseases of Tubular Transport  20. Renal Tubular Acidosis  21. Disorders of Tubular Transport  Section V: Renal Failure  22. Chronic Kidney Disease  23. Renal Osteodystrophy  24. Acute Renal Failure  25. Hemodialysis  26. Peritoneal Dialysis  27. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy  28. Renal Transplantation  29. Nutrition in Renal Diseases  Section VI: Hypertension  30. Pediatric Hypertension - Epidemiology and Evaluation  31. Pharmacotherapy of Hypertension  Section VII: Developmental and Urologic Disorders  32. Syndromic Renal Disorders and malformations  33. Obstructive Uropathy  34. Voiding Disorders  35. Urolithiasis  36. Urinary Tract Infections  37. Renal Tumors