Renal Pathophysiology The Essentials

This text offers medical students a case-based approach to learning the mechanisms of renal disease. Each chapter covers a disease, beginning with a patient case and followed by a discussion of the pathophysiology of the disease. Issues of differential diagnosis and therapy are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms. Short questions interspersed throughout the text require students to apply their knowledge. Detailed answers to the questions are included. New to this edition: Full-color artwork and design New color photomicrographs of clinical conditions Additional end-of-chapter summaries Up-to-date information based on new medical findings CHAPTER 1 Review of Renal Physiology  CHAPTER 2 Regulation of Salt and Water Balance CHAPTER 3 Disorders of Water Balance: Hyponatremia, Hypernatremia, and Polyuria  CHAPTER 4 Edematous States and the Use of Diuretics  CHAPTER 5 Acid–Base Physiology and Metabolic Alkalosis CHAPTER 6 Metabolic Acidosis  CHAPTER 7 Disorders of Potassium Balance  CHAPTER 8 Urinalysis and Approach to the Patient With Renal Disease  CHAPTER 9 Pathogenesis of Major Glomerular and Vascular Diseases CHAPTER 10 Tubulointerstitial Diseases  CHAPTER 11 Acute Renal Failure  CHAPTER 12 Progression of Chronic Renal Failure CHAPTER 13 Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Renal Failure