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Nephrology Secrets

  • 5th Edition - October 12, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Edgar V. Lerma, Matthew A. Sparks, Joel M. Topf
  • Language: English

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for qu… Read more

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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Nephrology Secrets, 5th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Key features

  • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time—succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
  • Covers the full range of essential topics for in-training or practicing professionals, including patient assessment, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, glomerular disorders, onconephrology, hypertension, special populations, transplantation, palliative care, and more
  • Contains new chapters on Interventional Nephrology; Genetics and Kidney Disease; Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease; COVID-19; Kidney Disease in the Patient Needing Heart Failure Devices; and Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology; as well as updated chapters on glomerular diseases and diabetic kidney disease
  • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
  • Fully revised and updated throughout by global experts and thought leaders in nephrology, offering practical coverage of protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices
  • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

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Residents, Fellows

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"Having participated in numerous ward rounds, I can say with some degree of certainty that this book will be a valuable quick reference during rounds. I will not hesitate to recommend it to all nephrologists, especially those in training." --Kenneth Kafui Afenya, MD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine) for Doody's Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 5
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 12, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Edgar V. Lerma

EDGAR V. LERMA, MD, FACP, FASN, FPSN (Hon) Clinical Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology University of Illinois at Chicago; College of Medicine/ Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL. Dr. Lerma edited the 4th edition of Nephrology Secrets
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine/Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL; Associates in Nephrology, SC, Chicago, IL, USA

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Matthew A. Sparks

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship, Lead, Society for Early Education Scholars (SEEDS) program, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Staff Physician, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Joel M. Topf

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA