Publication series :Nephrology Research and Clinical Developments
Author: Stephen Fava (Diabetes & Endocrine Centre Department of Medicine Mater Dei Hospital Tal-Qroqq Msida Malta)
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year: 2012
E-ISBN: 9781620816295
Subject: R692 Nephrology
Keyword: Medicine
Language: ENG
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Description
This book is intended for use by nephrologists, internists, hospitals, trainees in these specialties and indeed anyone interested in renal medicine. It contains top-class authoritative and up-to-date reviews by internationally renowned experts coming from some of the best nephrology centres in the world. It covers the diagnosis, causes and management of acute kidney injury. It also includes a discussion of the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, including the use of simple clinical and laboratory data, imaging, proteinomics and renal biopsy. It reviews the general management of chronic kidney disease, including an in-depth analysis of kidney transplant immunology. This book is therefore a comprehensive, authoritative text with clear explanation of even the most complex topics.