Students and practitioners alike often find nephrology to be a difficult subject, with its emphasis on chemical relationships and Acid-Base and Electrolyte Imbalances and Disorders. Nephrology Secrets, in its easy-to-read Question and Answer format, is a convenient and highly practical resource for understanding the important topics in nephrology. The author team provides expert teaching knowledge in this field - ensuring that the book provides the most important questions to ask, and the most succinct answers.

•  Perfect for course review, course exams, ad USMLE preparation

•  A valuable refresher for practitioners

•  Concise answers that feature the author's pearls, tips, memory aids, and secrets"

•  Bulleted lists and tables for quick review

•  Comprehensive index

•  Entirely revamped or new chapters include drug therapy in renal disease, hepatorenal syndrome, renal disease in pregnancy, management of patients with progressive renal failure, nutrition in dialysis patients, and continuous renal replacement therapy

•  Chapters with especially major revisions and updating include all chapters dealing with specific renal disorders, end-stage renal disease, and electrolyte disorders

1. Physical Diagnosis 

2. Urinalysis 

3. Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate 

4. Measurement of Urinary Protein 

5. Renal Imaging Techniques 

6. Renal Biopsy 

7. Indications for Dialysis 

8. Drug Dosing In Patients with Renal Disease 

 

9. Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure 

10. Management of Acute Renal Failure 

11. Prerenal Azotemia 

12. Hepatorenal Syndrome 

13. Obstructive Uropathy 

14. Asymptomatic Proteinuria and Hematuria 

15. Acute Glomerulonephritis 

16. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis 

17. Nephrotic Syndrome 

18. Nephrolithiasis 

19. Urinary Tract Infection 

20. Disorders of Tubular Function 

21. Renal Disease and Hypertension in Pregnancy 

 

22. Minimal Change Disease 

23. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis 

24. Membranous Glomerulopathy 

25. IgA Nephropathy 

26. Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis 

 

27. Diabetic Nephropathy 

28. Lupus Nephritis 

29. Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis 

30. Hepatitis-associated Glomerulonephritis 

31. HIV-associated Renal Disorders 

 

32. Renal Dysplasia 

33. Cystic Diseases of the Kidneys 

34. Other Hereditary Renal Diseases 

35. Interstitial Renal Diseases 

36. Reflux Nephropathy 

37. Renal Vasculitis 

38. Other Vascular Renal Disorders 

39. Renal Disease Due to Dysproteinemias 

 

40. Epidemiology and Outcomes of End-Stage Renal Disease 

41. Renal Osteodystrophy 

42. Uremic Pericarditis 

43. Anemia Associated with Renal Failure 

44. Other Manifestations of Uremia 

 

45. Management of Patients with Progressive Renal Failure 

46. Technical Aspects of Hemodialysis 

47. Hemodialysis: Asessing Adequacy 

48. Complications of Hemodialysis 

49. Chronic Renal Replacement Therapy 

50. Technical Aspects of Peritoneal Dialysis 

51. Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis 

52. Nutrition in Dialysis Patients 

53. Renal Transplantation: Epidemiology and Outcomes 

54. Renal Transplantation: Donor and Recipient Evaluation 

55. Renal Transplantation: Classification and Consequences of Rejection 

56. Renal Transplantation: Immunosuppression 

57. Complications of Renal Transplantation 

 

58. Essential Hypertension 

59. Renal Parenchymal Hypertension 

60. Renovascular Hypertension 

61. Pheochromocytoma 

62. Other Causes of Secondary Hypertension 

63. Hypertensive Emergencies 

64. Childhood Hypertension 

 

65. Metabolic Acidosis 

66. Metabolic Alkalosis 

67. Respiratory Acidosis 

68. Respiratory Alkalosis 

69. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia 

70. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia 

71. Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia 

72. Phosphorus 

73. Magnesium