Clinical Nephrology in Medical Practice Book

	Preface
Sect. 1	Renal Structure and Function
1	Anatomy of the Urinary System	3
2	Assessment of Urinary Anatomy	13
3	Excretory Functions of the Kidney: the Formation of Urine	26
4	Hormones, Metabolism and the Kidney	46
5	Assessment of Renal Function	57
6	The Failing Kidney: Pathophysiology of Renal Failure	66
Sect. 2	Clinical Nephrology: the Approach to Presenting Problems
7	Clinical Approach to Patients with Renal Disease	81
8	Examination of the Urine	97
9	Syndromes of Glomerular Disease	108
10	Acute Renal Failure	127
11	Chronic Renal Failure	143
12	Hypertension and the Kidney	164
13	Urinary Tract Infection	178
14	Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disturbances	193
Sect. 3	Diseases of the Kidney
15	Primary Glomerular Diseases	219
16	Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Antibody-Mediated Glomerulonephritis: Goodpasture's Syndrome	244
17	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Scleroderma and Rheumatoid Arthritis	248
18	Renal Vasculitis (including Henoch-Schonlein Purpura)	255
19	Acute Tubular Necrosis	263
20	Tubulointerstitial Nephritis: Acute and Chronic	270
21	Reflux Nephropathy	274
22	Analgesic Nephropathy	281
23	Obstructive Nephropathy	287
24	Gout, Uric Acid and the Kidney	290
25	Urinary Calculi	294
26	Diabetes and the Kidney	309
27	Multiple Myeloma, Amyloidosis and Paraproteinaemias (including Mixed Cryoglobulinaemia)	315
28	Disorders of Renal Tubular Function	323
29	Cystic Diseases of the Kidney	329
30	Primary Renal Neoplasms	337
31	Miscellaneous Renal Conditions	339
32	Thrombotic Microangiopathy	347
33	Pregnancy and the Kidney	349
34	Drugs and the Kidney	353
35	Dialysis and Transplantation	360
	Further Reading	371
	Index	383