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BRENNER AND RECTOR'S THE KIDNEY
Brenner and Rector's The Kidney
2-Volume Set
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Eighth Edition

By
Barry Brenner, MD, AM(Hon), DSc(Hon), DMSc(Hon), FRCP(Lond, Hon), Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Renal Division; and Senior Physician, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Description
Brenner & Rector?a legacy of authority?a necessity for state-of-the-art care! This revised 8th Edition of The Kidney continues to provide exhaustive, authoritative coverage of nephrology?from basic science through diagnosis and management. Two brand-new sections, Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Kidney Disease and Frontiers in Kidney Disease, as well as fourteen new chapters, including Interventional Nephrology, Endocrine Aspects of Kidney Disease, Plasmapheresis, and many others, keep you on the cusp of the latest advances. Plus, 550 full-color high-quality photographs and abundant algorithms and tables enhance your comprehension.

Audience
Nephrologists, Nephrologist Residents

Contents


I. Normal Renal Function: Molecular, Cellular, Structural, and Physiologic Principles


1. Embryology and Maturation – Susan Quaggin

2. Anatomy and Topography – Kirsten Madsen

3. Cell Biology – Pierre Ronco/Gerard Friedlander

4. Hemodynamics – Lance D. Dworkin

5. Metabolic Basis of Solute Transport – Bruce C. Kone

6. Transport of Inorganic Solutes – David B. Mount

7. Transport of Organic Solutes – Orson Moe

8. Renal Acidification – Lee L. Hamm

9. Cell Biology of Vasopressin Action – Dennis Brown

10. Urine Concentration and Dilution – Mark A. Knepper



II. Integrated Control of Body Fluid Volume and Composition


11. Vasoactive Peptides and the Kidney – Mark E. Cooper/Karin Jandeleit-Dahm

12. Arachidonate Metabolites – Raymond C. Harris

13. Extracellular Fluid and Edema Formation – Karl L. Skorecki

14. Disorders of Water Balance – Tomas Berl

15. Disorders of Acid-Base Balance – Thomas D. DuBose

16. Disorders of Potassium Balance – David B. Mount

17. Disorders of Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate Balance – Kevin Martin



III. Epidemiology and Risk Factors in Kidney Disease


18. Epidemiology of Kidney Disease – Josef Coresh

19. Risk Factors and Kidney Disease – A. Levey/ V. Menon/M. Sarnak

20. Nephron Endowment – Valerie Luyckx/Barry Brenner

21. Gender and Kidney Disease – Joel Neugarten

22. Aging and Kidney Disease – Moshe Levi



IV. Evaluation of the Patient with Kidney Disease


23. Approach to the Patient with Kidney Disease – Robert Toto

24. Laboratory Assessment of Kidney Disease – Bertram L. Kaiske

25. Interpretation of Urine Electrolyte and Acid-Base Parameters – Mitchell Halperin

26. Adaptation to Nephron Loss – Maarten Taal/Barry Brenner

27. Renal and Systemic Manifestations of Glomerular Disease – Sharon Anderson

28. Diagnostic Kidney Imaging – William D. Boswell

29. Interventional Nephrology – David Warnock



V. Disorders of Kidney Function


30. Acute Renal Failure – Michael Clarkson

31. Primary Glomerular Disease – Ronald Falk

32. Secondary Glomerular Disease – Gerald Appel

33. Micro and Macrovascular Diseases of the Kidney – Kamal F. Badr

34. Tubulointerstitial Diseases – Giuseppe Remuzzi/Marc E. de Broe/Noberto Perico

35. Urinary Tract Infection, Pylonephritis, and Reflux Nephropathy – Nina E. Tolkoff-Rubin/ Robert Rubin

36. Urinary Tract Obstruction – Mark L. Zeidel

37. Diabetic Nephropathy – Hans-Henrik Parving

38. Nephrolithiasis – David Bushinsky

39. Renal Neoplasia – Michael Atkins



VI. Genetic Basis of Kidney Disease


40. Inherited Disorders of Podocyte Function – Martin Pollak

41. Inherited Disorders of the Renal Tubule – Daniel G. Bichet

42. Cystic Diseases of the Kidney – Jared J. Grantham



VII. Hypertension and the Kidney


43. Primary and Secondary Hypertension – Jon D. Blumenfeld

44. Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephropathy – Stephen C. Textor

45. Hypertension and Kidney Disease in Pregnancy – Ravi Thadani

46. Antihypertensive Drugs – Matthew R. Weir

47. Diuretics – Christopher S. Wilcox



VIII. The Consequences of Renal Failure


48. Pathophysiology of Uremia – Timothy W. Meyer

49. Cardiovascular Apsects of Kidney Disease – Patrick Parfrey

50. Hematologic Aspects of Kidney Disease – Steven Fishbane

51. Endocrine Aspects of Kidney Disease – Ajay K. Singh

52. Neurologic Aspects of Kidney Disease – Allen Arief

53. Renal Osteodystrophies – Sharon Moe



IX. Conservative and Pharmacologic Management of Kidney Disease


54. Diet and Kidney Disease – Gary Curham /Glenn Chertow

55. Specific Pharmacologic Approaches to Renoprotection – Dick DeZeeuw

56. Erythropoietin Therapy in Renal Disease and Renal Failure – John C. Stivelman

57. Vitamin D, Calcimimetics, and Phosphate Binders – William Goodman

58. Prescribing Drugs in Kidney Disease – George R. Aronoff



X. Invasive Therapy of Renal Failure


59. Hemodialysis – Gerald Schulman

60. Peritoneal Dialysis – Peter Blake

61. Intensive Care Nephrology – Bruce Molitoris

62. Plasmapheresis – Bradley M. Denker

63. Extracorporeal Treatment of Poisoning – Ingrid Chang



XI. Renal Transplantation


64. Immunobiology – Mohamed Sayegh

65. Donor and Recipient Issues – Bertram Kaiske

66. Clinical Management – Colm C. Magee



XII. Frontiers in Nephrology


67. Attaining Immunologic Tolerance – Mohamed Sayegh

68. Xenotransplantation – David Sachs

69. Tissue Engineering and Regeneration – Marc Hammerman

70. Stem Cells in Renal Biology and Medicine – Karl L. Skorecki

71. Genomics and Protemics in Nephrology – Joseph V. Bonventre

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