Contents
Dedication v
Contributors vii
Preface xi
1 The Nephrology Consult (Urine Examination, Urine Studies
Interpretation, Imaging) 1
Muner M. B. Mohamed, Juan Carlos Q. Velez
2 The Edematous Patient: Cardiac Failure, Cirrhosis, and
Nephrotic Syndrome 9
Robert Rope, David Ellison, Raghav Wusirika
3 The Patient With Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia 33
Helbert Rondon-Berrios
4 The Patient With Hypokalemia or Hyperkalemia 52
Jie Tang, Stuart Linas
5 The Patient With an Acid–Base Disorder 65
Anip Bansal
6 The Patient With Hypocalcemia or Hypercalcemia 77
Mohamed Hassanein, Edgar V. Lerma
7 The Patient With Hypophosphatemia or Hyperphosphatemia 100
Gates Colbert, Edgar V. Lerma
8 The Patient With Hypomagnesemia or Hypermagnesemia 109
Neil Samuel Umles, Joel Topf
9 The Patient With Urinary Tract Obstruction (Emphasis on
Kidney Stones) 125
Alexander Hlepas, Anna Zisman
10 The Patient With Urinary Tract Infection 144
Abdul-Rehman Syed, Jessica Kendrick
11 The Patient With Glomerular Disease or Vasculitis 172
Russell S. Whelan, Joshua Thurman
12 The Patient with Acute Kidney Injury 194
Sarah Faubel, Charles Edelstein
13 The Patient With Chronic Kidney Disease 22814 The Patient Receiving Chronic Kidney Replacement
With Dialysis 239
Natalie Beck, Seth Furgeson
15 The Patient With a Kidney Transplant 248
Sixto Giusti, James Cooper, Erik Stites
16 The Patient With Kidney Disease and Hypertension
in Pregnancy 267
Maitreyee Gupta, Prasoon Verma, Silvi Shah
17 The Patient With Hypertension 294
Ruth Campbell, Seth Furgeson
18 The Patient With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease 322
L. Parker Gregg, Sankar Navaneethan
19 The Patient With Cancer and Kidney Involvement 338
Mitchell H. Rosner, Amanda DeMauro Renaghan
20 Practical Guidelines for Drug Dosing in Patients With
Impaired Kidney Function 370
Shehzad Rehman, Ali Olyaei
Index 429