Main description:

This comprehensive, easy to read reference addresses the clinical implications of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) in children. Authored by a panel of internationally recognized pediatric nephrologists and urologists, chapters discuss clinical presentation, workup, interpretation of imaging studies, genetics, prenatal diagnosis, prevention and treatment of various anomalies to help the practitioner understand, diagnose and manage CAKUT. Tables, figures, algorithms and an extensive appendix listing conditions and syndromes associated with CAKUT are featured to assist physicians in the differential diagnosis and workup of different conditions.

Contents:

Chapter 1Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract: An OverviewNorman D. Rosenblum, MD, FRCPC
Chapter 2Anatomy, Applied Embryology and Pathogenesis of Congenital Anomalies ofthe Kidney and Urinary TractAmnah Al Harbi and Paul Winyard, MD

Chapter 3Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney: Number, Position, Rotation, VasculaturePaul H. Smith, III, MD and John H. Makari, MD, FAAP, FACS
Chapter 4Renal Dysplasia and Congenital Cystic Diseases of the KidneyMatthew D. Mason, MD and John C. Pope IV, MD
Chapter 5Congenital HydronephrosisArdalan E. Ahmad, MD and Barry A. Kogan, MD
Chapter 6 Vesicoureteral RefluxAngela M. Arlen, MD and Christopher S. Cooper, MD, FAAP, FACS
Chapter 7 Congenital Anomalies of the UrethraKenneth I. Glassberg, MD, Jason P. Van Batavia, MD, Andrew J. Combs, PA-C, and Rosalia Misseri, MD
Chapter 8Duplication Anomalies of the Kidney and UretersOrchid Djahangirian, MD and Antoine Khoury, MD, FRCSC, FAAP
Chapter 9Congenital Anomalies of the Urinary BladderPatrick C. Cartwright, MD
Chapter 10Prune Belly Syndrome David B. Joseph, MD, FACS, FAAP
Chapter 11Congenital Neuropathic BladderStuart B. Bauer, MD
Chapter 12Imaging of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary TractNora G. Lee, MD, Sherry S. Ross, MD, and H. Gil Rushton, MD
Chapter 13Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary TractRebecca S Zee, MD, PhD and C.D. Anthony Herndon, MD, FACS, FAAP
Chapter 14Clinical Consequences of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary TractDonna J. Claes, MD, MS, BS Pharm and Prasad Devarajan, MD, FAAP
Chapter 15Genetics of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary TractAsaf Vivante, MD, PhD and Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD
Chapter 16Association of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract with those of Other Organ SystemsAmin J. Barakat, MD, FAAP
AppendixConditions and Syndromes Associated with Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary TractAmin J. Barakat, MD. FAAP