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Principles of Renal Physiology

Springer, 2012

A good knowledge of renal physiology is essential to the understanding of many disease states. The purpose of the book is to set out the principles of renal physiology and normal renal function. Now in its 30th year of continuous publication, this new edition offers a logical progression through renal physiology and pathophysiology. In...

Essential Urology: A Guide to Clinical Practice (Current Clinical Urology)

Humana Press, 2004

Leading urologists and expert specialists review and summarize for family practitioners the latest thinking about how best to evaluate, diagnose, and treat all the most commonly encountered urological conditions. Topics discussed range from urinary tract infections in children and adults to the evaluation and treatment of hematuria, kidney...

The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease

Springer, 2007

This volume will be a reliable source on the management of the elderly with renal disease. There is an ever-increasing proportion of the aging population affected by renal disease and hypertension, and physicians are faced with atypical clinical presentations of renal disease in the aged as compared to younger people. This volume combines the...

Fibrogenesis: Cellular and Molecular Basis (Medical Intelligence Unit)

Springer, 2005

This book is written to provide in-depth and current information on the molecular basis of fibrotic diseases in various tissues and organs. Why do we need a new book on fibrosis? Several currently available books on fibrosis are mostly devoted to specific tissue or organ systems; in contrast, this book is especially designed to...

Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Renal Tumors

Springer, 2018

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the kidney, with an estimated 64,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. Worldwide, this figure approaches 270,000 annual incident cases. At the time of initial presentation, 80% of patients with RCC will be diagnosed with a tumor localized the kidney. The...

Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life (Patient Centered Guides)

Patient Centered Guides, 2000

Over 64,000 people in the US are living in limbo, awaiting an organ transplant.The good news about organ transplants is that they are becoming fairly routine surgical procedures. The even better news is that they do work miracles. People who have been in ill health for years often describe a feeling of being reborn after a...

Nutrition in Kidney Disease (Nutrition and Health)

Humana Press, 2014

Nutrition in Kidney Disease, Second Edition addresses the relationships between nutrition and (1) normal kidney function and disease, (2) the progressiveness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and strategies to prevent further compromise, and (3) the treatment and management of kidney failure especially during medical crises, such as acute...

Molecular Biology of the Parathyroid (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)

Springer, 2005

Maintaining extracellular calcium concentrations within a narrow
range is critical for the survival of most vertebrates. PTH, together
with vitamin D, responds to hypocalcemia to increase extracellular
calcium levels, by acting on bone, kidney and intestine. The recent introduction
of PTH as a major therapeutic agent in...

Principles and Models of Biological Transport

Springer, 2008

Transport processes are ubiquitous in the living organism, underlying nerve conduction and muscle contraction, digestion, kidney function and the nourishment of every cell in the body. The mechanisms by which these processes take place, and the models that describe them, are the subject of Principles and Models of Biological Transport,...

Think Bayes

O'Reilly, 2013

If you know how to program with Python and also know a little about probability, you’re ready to tackle Bayesian statistics. With this book, you'll learn how to solve statistical problems with Python code instead of mathematical notation, and use discrete probability distributions instead of continuous mathematics. Once you...

Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (Diseases of the Kidney (Schrier))

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

The thoroughly updated Eighth Edition of this classic three-volume work provides the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative information on diseases of the kidney and urinary tract. This clinically oriented reference focuses on diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases, disorders, and complications and incorporates the...

Living Well with Kidney Failure: A Guide to Living Your Life to the Full (Class Health)

Class Publishing, 2004

Having worked with kidney patients for over 25 years, I have seen many changes and improvements in treatment. However, this book is not a com prehensive guide to the medical and nursing aspects of illness and treat ment. These are mentioned briefly where it is necessary to explain the effects of the illness and treatment on daily...

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