Detailed Contents

ix

Abbreviations

xiii

Contributors

xvii

1

Assessment of Renal Disease

1

2

Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

41

3

Glomerular Disease

75

4

The Kidney in Systemic Disease

143

5

Tubular Disease

199

6

Chronic Interstitial Disease

22S

7

Urinary Tract Infection

243

8

Renal Stone Disease

269

9

Hypertension

285

10

Acute Kidney Injury

317

11

Chronic Kidney Disease

389

12

Special Problems in Chronic Kidney Disease

461

13

Dialysis

479

14

Renal Transplantation

543

15

Inherited Renal Disease

581

16

Structural and Congenital Abnormalities

645

17

Malignancy of the Kidney and Urinary Tract

667

18

Pharmacology and Drug Use in Kidney Disease

689

Appendix

717

Index

737