Acute Renal Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9781461297949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 520 str.

V. E. Andreucci

Opis

Acute renal failure is undoubtedly one of the marize in one volume the recent advances on patho most interesting and frequent syndromes observed physiology of acute renal failure, the clinical aspects by clinicians. A great number of factors may of the various forms (even those which have been acutely impair renal function, but the pathoge disregarded in other surveys), the diagnostic tests netic mechanism by which this occurs is fre available today in our clinical practice, the general quently unknown. Even the pathophysiology of and specific therapeutic measures and (very impor ischaemic toxic forms of acute renal failure re tant, indeed), some useful suggestions for preven mains controversial despite the huge number of tion. experimental and clinical studies. The contributors have provided clear, complete Medical management of patients with acute renal and up-to-date chapters. I am deeply grateful to failure has greatly improved in recent years, partic them all. ularly with the use of different types of dialytic I like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. A.J.

Recenzje

`No doubt than it well deserves its place in the library of the young and less young nephrologists both interested mainly in the clinical practice or in research.'
Nephron (1986)
`The book is an up-to-date and valuable compendium of current knowledge in the clinical management of acute renal failure.'
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 78 (1985)

Spis treści

1. Pathophysiology of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure.- 2. Different Forms of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure in Humans.- 3. Prevention of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure in Humans.- 4. Pathology of Acute Renal Failure.- 5. Endocrine System in Acute Renal Failure.- 6. Coagulation System in Acute Renal Failure.- 7. Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure.- 8. Renal Biopsy in Acute Renal Failure: Its Indications and Usefulness.- 9. Renal Radiology and Acute Renal Failure.- 10. Non-oliguric Acute Renal Failure.- 11. Hepatorenal Syndrome.- 12. Myoglobinuria and Acute Renal Failure.- 13. Acute Renal Failure in Glomerular Disease.- 14. Vascular Nephropathies and Acute Renal Failure in Adults.- 15. Acute Renal Failure Associated with Leptospirosis.- 16. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.- 17. Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy.- 18. Acute Renal Failure in Infancy and Childhood.- 19. Acute Obstructive Renal Failure (Post-renal Failure).- 20. Acute Renal Failure Following Renal Transplantation.- 21. Conservative Management and General Care of Patients with Acute Renal Failure.- 22. Nutritional Management of Acute Renal Failure.- 23. Treatment of Acute Renal Failure by Hemodialysis.- 24. Treatment of Acute Renal Failure by Peritoneal Dialysis.- 25. Long-term Follow-up of Renal Function after Recovery from Acute Tubular Necrosis.