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Pediatric Nephrology, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 69-6 - November 1, 2022
- Editor: Tej Mattoo
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 7 1 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 7 2 0 - 2
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest editor Tej Mattoo brings considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Nephrology.
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Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in Pediatric Nephrology, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Nephrology, Pediatrics, Primary Care
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- CME Accreditation Page
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Assessment of Kidney Function in Children
- Key points
- What is kidney function?
- Maturation of kidney function
- Assessment of glomerular filtration rate
- Estimating glomerular filtration rate from endogenous markers
- Cystatin C-based estimated glomerular filtration rate equation
- Urinalysis
- Quantification of proteinuria
- Assessment of tubular function
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Evaluation of Proteinuria and Hematuria in Ambulatory Setting
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Epidemiology
- Cause
- Pathophysiology
- Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Clinical presentation and diagnosis
- Clinical course of postinfectious glomerulonephritis
- Management
- Prognosis
- Clinics care points
- Current Understanding of Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Historical aspects
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Definitions
- Classification
- Clinical Presentation
- Diagnosis
- MANAGEMENT
- Nephrotic syndrome in adults
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Urinary Tract Infection in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Urinary tract infection diagnosis
- Urine sampling
- Urine biomarkers
- Urine culture
- Treatment
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria
- Antibiotic prophylaxis
- Evaluation after urinary tract infection
- Ultrasound
- Further imaging
- Urinary tract infection guidelines
- Bladder and bowel dysfunction
- Risk factors for urinary tract infection and kidney damage
- Long-term outcome of urinary tract infection
- Perspectives for the future
- Clinics care points
- Primary Vesicoureteral Reflux and Renal Scarring
- Key points
- Introduction
- Incidence and prevalence
- Diagnosis, grading, and natural history
- Clinical presentation
- Risk factors for renal scarring
- Complications of renal scarring
- Medical management
- Surgical management
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Antenatally Diagnosed Kidney Anomalies
- Key points
- Section 1: background
- Section 2: cause
- Section 3: clinical approach
- Investigation
- Investigation
- An approach to management of specific anomalies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Diagnosis and Management of Nephrolithiasis in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical presentation
- Metabolic workup and evaluation for risk of recurrent urolithiasis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Hypertension in Children and Young Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in Children
- Key points
- Infection-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Vasculitis and Kidney Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Small vessel vasculitis
- Treatment strategies in pauci-immune antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody glomerulonephritis
- Small vessel vasculitis and coronavirus disease 2019
- Medium vessel vasculitis
- Large vessel vasculitis
- Monogenetic vasculopathies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Update on Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury
- Key points
- Introduction
- Evolving definitions of acute kidney injury
- Limitations of serum creatinine
- Urine output as a criterion for acute kidney injury
- Challenges in neonates
- Incidence of acute kidney injury
- Cause
- Pathophysiology
- Advances in diagnosis
- Renal angina
- Furosemide stress test
- Clinical decision support systems
- Management
- Clinical outcomes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Chronic Kidney Disease in Children
- Key points
- Introduction and overview
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 69-6
- Published: November 1, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323987196
- eBook ISBN: 9780323987202
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Tej Mattoo
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine