Table of Contents:

Section 1:  Essential Renal Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 1.     Renal Anatomy

Chapter 2.     Renal Physiology    

Section 2:  Investigation of Renal Disease

Chapter 3.    Assessment of Renal Function

Chapter 4.     Urinalysis

Chapter 5.     Imaging

Chapter 6.     Renal Biopsy

Section 3:  Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

Chapter 7.     Disorders of Extracellular Volume

Chapter 8.     Disorders of Water Metabolism

Chapter 9.     Disorders of Potassium Metabolism

Chapter 10.   Disorders of Calcium, Phosphate, and Magnesium Metabolism

Chapter 11.   Normal Acid-Base Balance Metabolic Acidosis

Chapter 12.   Metabolic Alkalosis

Chapter 13.   Respiratory Acidosis, Respiratory Alkalosis, and Mixed Disorders

Section 4:  Acute Renal Failure

Chapter 14.   Clinical Evaluation Management, and Outcome of Acute Renal Failure

Chapter 15.   Causes of Acute Renal Failure

Chapter 16.   Hepatorenal Syndrome

Chapter 17.   Myeloma Kidney

Section 5:  Glomerular Disease

Chapter 18.   Introduction to Glomerular Disease:  Pathogenesis and Classification

Chapter 19.   Introduction to Glomerular Disease:  Clinical Presentations

Chapter 20.   Minimal Change Disease and Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Chapter 21.   Secondary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Chapter 22.   Membranous Nephropathy

Chapter 23.   Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis

Chapter 24.   IgA Nephropathy and Henoch-Schonlein Nephritis

Chapter 25.   Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease and Goodpasture's Syndrome

Chapter 26.   Renal and Systemic Vasculitis

Chapter 27.   Lupus Nephritis

Chapter 28.   Glomerular Diseases Associated with Infection

Chapter 29.   Renal Amyloidosis and Glomerular Diseases with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition

Chapter 30.   Other Glomerular Disorders

Chapter 31.   Thrombotic Microangiopathies Including Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome

Section 6:  Diabetic Nephropathy

Chapter 32.   Clinical Manifestations and Natural History of Diabetic Nephropathy

Chapter 33.   Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

Chapter 34.   Management of End-Stage Renal Disease in Diabetes

Section 7:  Hypertension

Chapter 35.   Normal Blood Pressure Control and the Evaluation of Hypertension

Chapter 36.   Pathogenesis and Clinical Course of Essential Hypertension

Chapter 37.   Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension

Chapter 38.   Pharmacological Treatment of Hypertension

Chapter 39.   Renovascular Hypertension

Chapter 40.   Endocrine Causes of Hypertension

Chapter 41.   Neurogenic Hypertension Including Following Stroke and with Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 42.   Hypertension in African Americans

Section 8:  Pregnancy and Renal Disease

Chapter 43.   Renal Physiology in Normal Pregnancy

Chapter 44.   Complications in the Normal Pregnancy

Chapter 45.   Pregnancy with Pre-Existing Renal Disease

Section 9:  Hereditary and Congenital Diseases of the Kidney

Chapter 46.   Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Chapter 47.   Other Cystic Kidney Disease

Chapter 48.   Alport and Other Familial Glomerular Syndromes

Chapter 49.   Inherited Disorders of Sodium and Water Handlin

Chapter 50.   Fanconi's Syndrome and Other Proximal Tubule Disorders

Chapter 51.   Sickle Cell Disease

Chapter 52.   Congenital Abnormalities of the Renal Tract

Section 10:  Urinary Tract Infection

Chapter 53.   Urinary Tract Infections in Adults

Chapter 54.   Tuberculosis of the Urinary Tract

Chapter 55.   Fungal Infection of the Urinary Tract

Chapter 56.  Urinary Schistosomiasis

Section 11:  Urological Disorders

Chapter 57.   Nephrolithiasis and Nephrocalcinosis

Chapter 58.   Urinary Tract Obstruction

Chapter 59.   Urological Issues for the Nephrologist

Section 12:  Tubulointerstial Disease

Chapter 60.   Acute Interstitial Nephritis

Chapter 61.   Vesicoureteral Reflux and Reflux Nephropathy

Chapter 62.   Chronic Interstitial Nephritis

Section 13:  Vascular Disease

Chapter 63.   Atheromatous Renovascular Disease

Chapter 64.   Renal Vascular Thrombosis and Occulusion

Chapter 65.   Aging and the Kidney

Section 14:  Chronic Renal Failure and the Uremic Syndrome

Chapter 66.   Progression of Chronic Renal Failure

Chapter 67.   Clinical Evaluation and Manifestations of Chronic Renal Failure

Chapter 68.   Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Renal Failure

Chapter 69.   Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Renal Failure

Chapter 70.   Anemia in Chronic Renal Failure

Chapter 71.   Platelet Dysfunction and Coagulation Defects

Chapter 72.   β2-Microglobulin-Derived Amyloid

Chapter 73.   Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease

Chapter 74.   Nutrition in Chronic Renal Failure

Section 15:  Dialysis

Chapter 75.   Selection and Preparation of Patients for Dialysis

Chapter 76.   Vascular Access for Hemodialysis

Chapter 77.   Interventional Nephrology

Chapter 78.   Hemodialysis:  Mechanisms, Outcome, and Adequacy

Chapter 79.   Acute Complications of Hemodialysis

Chapter 80.   Peritoneal Dialysis:  Principles, Techniques, and Adequacy

Chapter 81.   Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis

Chapter 82.   Other Dialysis Modalities

Chapter 83.   Plasma Exchange

Section 16:  Transplantation

Chapter 84.   Immunologic Principles of Kidney Transplantation

Chapter 85.  Immunosuppressive Agents Used in Transplantation

Chapter 86.   Evaluation of Renal Transplant Donor and Recipient

Chapter 87.   Renal Transplant Surgery

Chapter 88.   Prophylaxis and Treatment of Renal Transplant Rejection

Chapter 89.   The Medical Management of the Renal Transplant Recipient

Chapter 90.   Chronic Transplant Rejection

Chapter 91.   Recurrent Disease in the Renal Transplant

Chapter 92.   Outcomes of Renal Transplantation

Chapter 93.   Pancreas and Islet Transplantation

Chapter 94.   Renal Disease in Liver, Cardiac, Lung, and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Section 17:  Drugs and the Kidney

Chapter 95.   Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Chapter 96.   Principles of Drug Dosing and Prescribing in Renal Failure