This Second Edition gives a fully up-to-date review of renal disorders as well as hypertension in the aged, exploring all facets from epidemiology and natural history to pathophysiology, clinical features, and diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Presenting a unique synthesis of the latest findings and the authors' practical insights, this singular volume enables better management and understanding of renal disease in the elderly with new and revised information on · approximation of glomerular filtration rate · acid and sodium handling · hypernatremia, hyponatremia, and hyperkalemia · calcium metabolism · recently defined glomerular diseases, such as fibrillary and extracapillary glomerulonephritis · the effect of age on the frequency, etiology, and outcome of acute renal failure · ischemic nephropathy as a major cause of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) · hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplantation · ambulatory blood pressure monitoring · renovascular disease and novel therapeutic methods, such as stenting · and more! Well organized and supported with over 2600 references, tables, and drawings, Renal Disease in the Elderly, Second Edition is a necessary resource for nephrologists, geriatricians, internists, primary care physicians, urologists, house officers, nurses, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for students on millions of items. Learn more |
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Like other organs in the body such as the spleen, liver, brain, etc., the kidneys undergo involutional changes with age (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
severe volume contraction, patients with membranous nephropathy, nephrotic humans, mesangial nephritis, patients with normal kidney function, extracapillary glomerulonephritis, hyponatremic patients, primary glomerular disease, renal artery embolism, light chain nephropathy, ischemic nephropathy, psychogenic polydypsia, minimal change disease, elderly hypertensive patients, nephrotic patients, atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, total body phosphorus, renal artery disease, calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis, cast nephropathy, patients with nephrotic syndrome, phosphorus reabsorption, acute dysuria, familial hypercalcemia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kidney Int, Ann Intern Med, Arch Intern Med, Clin Invest, Clin Nephrol, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Mayo Clin Proc, Acta Med Scand, Adv Nephrol, Clin Pharmacol, Contrib Nephrol, Lab Clin Med, Min Electrol Metab, Miner Electrol Metab, Sem Nephrol, New York, Clin Sci, Arthritis Rheum, Infect Dis, Clin Nutr, Clin Pathol, Clin Res, Hosp Pract, Med Sci, Nephrol Dial Transplant New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Like other organs in the body such as the spleen, liver, brain, etc., the kidneys undergo involutional changes with age (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
severe volume contraction, patients with membranous nephropathy, nephrotic humans, mesangial nephritis, patients with normal kidney function, extracapillary glomerulonephritis, hyponatremic patients, primary glomerular disease, renal artery embolism, light chain nephropathy, ischemic nephropathy, psychogenic polydypsia, minimal change disease, elderly hypertensive patients, nephrotic patients, atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, total body phosphorus, renal artery disease, calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis, cast nephropathy, patients with nephrotic syndrome, phosphorus reabsorption, acute dysuria, familial hypercalcemia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kidney Int, Ann Intern Med, Arch Intern Med, Clin Invest, Clin Nephrol, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Mayo Clin Proc, Acta Med Scand, Adv Nephrol, Clin Pharmacol, Contrib Nephrol, Lab Clin Med, Min Electrol Metab, Miner Electrol Metab, Sem Nephrol, New York, Clin Sci, Arthritis Rheum, Infect Dis, Clin Nutr, Clin Pathol, Clin Res, Hosp Pract, Med Sci, Nephrol Dial Transplant New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 11
books:
See all 11 books this book cites
- Glomerulonephritis in the Elderly (Contributions to Nephrology) by A. Sessa on 8 pages
- Principles and Practice of Nephrology by Harry R. Jacobson on page 131, and page 159
- Geriatric Nephrology: The Medical, Psychosocial, Nursing, Financial and Ethical Issues of Treating End-Stage Renal Disease in the Elderly (Developments in Nephrology) by Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos on page 256, and page 300
- Current Nephrology (Vol 20) by Harvey C. Gonick on page 55
- Blood Pressure (Simple Guides) by Anna Palmer on page 383
See all 11 books this book cites
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Internal Medicine
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Gastroenterology
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Geriatrics
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Clinical > Nephrology
