Acute renal failure in practice /

Acute Renal Failure in Practice, edited by practising renal physicians, is the essential guide to the clinical management of patients with acute renal failure and its complex, life-threatening metabolic sequelae. This book explains the workings of the normal kidney, illustrates the aetiology and pat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glynne, Paul
Otros Autores: Allen, Andrew (Andrew R.), Pusey, C. D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : River Edge, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2002.
Temas:
Acute renal failure.
Acute Kidney Injury
Insuffisance rénale aiguë.
MEDICAL > Nephrology.
Acute renal failure
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of contributors
  • Abbreviations used throughout the book
  • SECTION 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • Chapter 1 Renal haemodynamics and glomerular filtration David Shirley, Giovambattista Capasso and Robert Unwin
  • RENAL BLOOD FLOW
  • GLOMERULAR FILTRATION
  • The Filtration Barrier
  • Pressures Responsible for Glomerular Filtration
  • AUTOREGULATION OF RENAL BLOOD FLOW AND GFR
  • Factors Affecting Renal Blood Flow and GFR
  • For further reading please refer to the end of Chapter 2.
  • ""Chapter 2 Renal tubular function David Shirley, Giovambattista Capasso, Matthew Bailey and Robert Unwin""""PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE""; ""LOOP OF HENLE""; ""EARLY DISTAL TUBULE""; ""LATE DISTAL TUBULE AND CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCT""; ""MEDULLARY COLLECTING DUCT""; ""RENAL HANDLING OF SPECIFIC SOLUTES""; ""SODIUM""; ""Control of Sodium Excretion""; ""CHLORIDE""; ""POTASSIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Potassium Secretion and Excretion""; ""BICARBONATE""; ""1. Bicarbonate Reabsorption""; ""2. Addition of “Newâ€? Bicarbonate to Plasma""; ""(i) Excretion of titratable acid""
  • ""(Ii) Excretion of ammonium""""Intercalated Cells""; ""Regulation of Renal Bicarbonate Handling""; ""• Respiratory acid-base disorders""; ""• Metabolic acid-base disorders (of non-renal origin)""; ""• Aldosterone""; ""• Extracellular volume fluctuations""; ""• Hypokalaemia""; ""URATE""; ""UREA""; ""CREATININE""; ""CALCIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Calcium Excretion""; ""PHOSPHATE""; ""Factors Affecting Phosphate Excretion""; ""MAGNESIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Magnesium Excretion""; ""DIURETICS""; ""Osmotic Diuretics""; ""Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors""; ""Loop Diuretics""
  • ""Loop diuretics in acute renal failure""""Thiazide Diuretics""; ""Potassium-Sparing Diuretics""; ""Dopamine""; ""FURTHER READING""; ""SECTION 2. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE â€? COMMON PRINCIPLES""; ""Chapter 3 Aetiology of acute renal failure Andrew Allen""; ""DEFINITION""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""AETIOLOGY""; ""Pre-Renal Failure""; ""“Intrinsicâ€? Renal Failure""; ""Post-Renal Failure""; ""INVESTIGATION""; ""TREATMENT""; ""OUTCOME""; ""FURTHER READING""; ""Chapter 4 Clinical approach and laboratory investigation""; ""4.1 History and examination Katie Darling""; ""THE HISTORY""; ""Symptoms""
  • Past Medical HistoryDrug History
  • Family History
  • Social History
  • CLINICAL EXAMINATION
  • Initial Clinical Assessment
  • 1. Vital signs
  • 2. Level of consciousness
  • 3. Assessment of intravascular volume status
  • Further Clinical Examination
  • 4.2 Urine output and urinalysis Iain MacPhee
  • URINE VOLUME
  • URINE EXAMINATION
  • Appearance
  • Yellow urine
  • Red urine
  • Cloudy urine
  • Smell
  • URINE MICROSCOPY
  • Cells
  • Erythrocytes
  • White blood cells
  • Epithelial cells
  • Malignant cells
  • Urinary Casts
  • Red cell casts

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