Pediatric nephrology

Over the course of the previous seven editions, Pediatric Nephrology has become the standard reference text for students, trainees, practicing physicians (pediatricians, nephrologists, internists, and urologists), subspecialists, and allied health professionals seeking information about children’s kidney diseases. It is global in perspective, reflecting the fact that the international group of editors are all acknowledged world experts. The latest edition of this text is no different, providing a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview on pediatric nephrology. Much like the previous edition, the latest edition reviews the most critical aspects of the field. Topics covered include developmental physiology and diseases, renal physiology and diagnostic approaches, glomerular disease, kidney involvement in systemic diseases, renal tubular disorders, homeostasis, cystic kidney disease and related disorders, urinary tract disorders, hypertension, acute kidney injury, and chronic kidney failure. Unlike the previous edition, however, the chapters in this edition now combine physiology, clinical management, and pathology for ease of use. The latest edition also includes a new section on the evaluation of different disorders that can have multiple etiologies, setting the stage for the evaluation and management of specific diseases. This book serves as a superb resource and an invaluable asset for practitioners, health professionals, and trainees seeking out information about children's kidney diseases. .

Includes index.

Pre-natal development of the kidneys and urinary tract -- Post-natal renal maturation -- Congenital abnormalities of the kidneys and the urinary tract -- Stem cells and kidney regeneration -- Assessment of kidney function -- Imaging kidneys and the urinary tract -- Technical aspects of renal pathology -- Approach to the child with hematuria and/or proteinuria -- Nephrotic syndrome: classification and evaluation -- Genetic bases of nephrotic syndrome -- Congenital nephrotic syndrome -- Clinical aspects of genetic forms of nephrotic syndrome -- Inherited diseases of the glomerular basement membrane -- Steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome -- Non-genetic forms of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome -- Membranous nephropathy -- Evaluation of children with nephritic syndrome -- IgA Nephropathy -- Henoch Schönlein Purpura Nephritis -- Renal vasculitis -- Lupus nephritis -- Autoantibodies and kidney diseases -- C3 glomerulopathies -- Atypical HUS and TTP -- Infection-related HUS -- Acute post-streptococcus glomerulonephritis -- Infections that affect the kidney (non-viral) -- Viral infections and the kidney -- The kidney in sickle cell disease -- The kidney in type I diabetes -- The kidn…