Brenner & Rector's the kidney

Put the world's most well-known kidney reference to work in your practice with the 11th Edition of Brenner & Rector's The Kidney. This two-volume masterwork provides expert, well-illustrated information on everything from basic science and pathophysiology to clinical best practices. Addressing current issues such as new therapies for cardiorenal syndrome, the increased importance of supportive or palliative care in advanced chronic kidney disease, increasing live kidney donation in transplants, and emerging discoveries in stem cell and kidney regeneration, this revised edition prepares you for any clinical challenge you may encounter. Extensively updated chapters throughout, providing the latest scientific and clinical information from authorities in their respective fields. Lifespan coverage of kidney health and disease from pre-conception through fetal and infant health, childhood, adulthood, and old age. Discussions of today's hot topics, including the global increase in acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, cardiovascular disease and renal disease, and global initiatives for alternatives in areas with limited facilities for dialysis or transplant. New Key Points that represent either new findings or "pearls" of information that are not widely known or understood. New Clinical Relevance boxes that highlight the information you must know during a patient visit, such as pertinent physiology or pathophysiology. Hundreds of full-color, high-quality photographs as well as carefully chosen figures, algorithms, and tables that illustrate essential concepts, nuances of clinical presentation and technique, and clinical decision making. A new editor who is a world-renowned expert in global health and nephrology care in underserved populations, Dr. Valerie A. Luyckx from University of Zürich. Board review-style questions to help you prepare for certification or recertification. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Embryology of the kidney -- Anatomy of the kidney -- The renal circulations and glomerular ultrafiltration -- Glomerular cell biology -- Metabolic basis of solute transport -- Transport of sodium, chloride, and potassium -- The regulation of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate excretion by the kidney -- Renal handling of organic solutes -- Renal acidification mechanisms -- Urine concentration and dilution and the cell biology of vasopressin action -- Vasoactive molecules and the kidney -- Aldosterone and mineralocorticoid receptors: renal and extrarenal roles -- Arachidonic acid metabolites and the kidney -- Disorders of sodium balance -- Disorders of water balance -- Disorders of acid-base balance -- Disorders of potassium balance -- Disorders of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate balance -- Epidemiology of kidney disease -- Risk prediction in chronic kidney disease -- Developmental programming of blood pressure and renal function -- Physiology and pathophysiology of the aging kidney -- Clinical approach and laboratory assessment of the patient with kidney disease -- Interpretation of electrolyte and acid-base parameters in blood and urine -- Diagnostic kidney imaging -- The kidney …