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Brenner and Rector's The Kidney

2-Volume Set

  • 8th Edition - December 5, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Barry M. Brenner
  • Language: English

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 coverag… Read more

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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.

Key features

  • Coverage of the complete breadth of the specialty broadens your knowledge base.
  • A discussion on the basic science that underpins clinical nephrology prepares you for certification or recertification.
  • A comprehensive selection of the most important sources in nephrology expands your reference needs.
  • Full-color high-quality photographs, as well as abundant and carefully chosen figures, algorithms, and tables add to your comprehension of the material.
  • A visually aided, logical organization gives you access to the information you need quickly.

Readership

Nephrologists, Nephrologist Residents

Table of 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

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 5, 2007
  • Language: English

About the author

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Barry M. Brenner

Affiliations and expertise
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