The first edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology
& Hypertension features practical, up-to-date, referenced
information on the care of patients with diseases involving the kidneys and
hypertension. It also covers dialysis and transplantation, as well as new
areas of specialization, such as critical care nephrology and interventional
nephrology. This book emphasizes the clinical aspects of renal care while
also presenting important underlying principles. Current Diagnosis &
Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension provides a practical guide to
diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of the medical problems of all adult
patients in an easy-to-use and readable format.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
In the tradition of all Lange medical books, this new Current in Nephrology
and Hypertension is a concise yet comprehensive source of up-to-date
information. For medical students, it can serve as an authoritative
introduction to the specialty of nephrology and an excellent resource for
reference and review. Residents in internal medicine (and other specialties)
and most especially, nephrology fellows in training, will appreciate the
detailed descriptions of diseases and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
General internists, family practitioners, hospitalists, nurses and nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health-care providers
who work with patients with kidney diseases will find this a very useful
reference on management aspects of renal medicine. Moreover, patients and
their family members who seek information about the nature of specific
diseases and their diagnosis and treatment may also find this book to be a
valuable resource.
COVERAGE
Fifty-nine chapters cover a wide range of topics, including fluid,
electrolyte, and acid-base disorders, acute and chronic kidney failure,
glomerular and tubulointerstitial diseases, hypertension, systemic diseases
with renal manifestations, renal replacement therapies, renal
transplantation, geriatric nephrology, and interventional nephrology.
These and many other diseases are covered in a crisp
and concise manner. Striking just the right balance between
comprehensiveness and convenience, Current Diagnosis & Treatment:
Nephrology & Hypertension emphasizes the practical features of
clinical diagnosis and patient management while providing a comprehensive
discussion of pathophysiology and relevant basic and clinical science. With
its consistent formatting chapter by chapter, this text makes it simple to
locate the practical information you need on diagnosis, testing, disease
processes, and up-to-date treatment and management strategies.
The book has been designed to meet the clinician's need
for an immediate refresher in the clinic as well as to serve as an
accessible text for thorough review of the specialty for the boards. The
concise presentation is ideally suited for rapid acquisition of informatio
by the busy practitioner.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We wish to thank our contributing authors for devoting their precious time
and offering their wealth of knowledge in the process of completing this
important book. These authors have contributed countless hours of work in
regularly reading and reviewing the literature in this specialty, and we
have all benefited from their clinical wisdom and commitment.
We are especially grateful to two authors who have helped
in reviewing and editing selected sections of the book: Dr. Sharon Adler,
for her valuable contributions to the chapters on Glomerular Diseases, and
Dr. George Bakris, for recommending excellent contributors for the chapters
on Hypertension.
We would like to thank Harriet
Lebowitz for her expert assistance in managing the flow of manuscripts and
materials among the chapter authors, editors, and publisher. Her attention
to detail was enormously helpful. This book would not have been completed
without the help of Arline Keithe, Mary Saggese, Satvinder Kaur, and of
course, the unwavering support of James Shanahan.
Edgar V. Lerma, MD
Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Allen R. Nissenson, MD
December, 2008