International Yearbook of Nephrology 1992

The 1992 International Yearbook of Nephrology is the 4th in a successful series of yearly books updating practising nephrologists and nephrologists-in-training on rapidly changing areas of nephrology. We were encouraged to proceed in our editorial venture by reviews of the previous issues which have...

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Other Authors: Andreucci, Vittorio E. (Editor), Fine, Leon G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology
  • 1. Coagulation in renal diseases: the role of the glomerular hemostasis system and implications for therapy
  • 2. Central nervous system complications of severe hyponatremia
  • 3. The physiologic basis for renal functional reserve testing
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • 4. The antiproteinuric effect of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors in human renal disease
  • Hypertension
  • 5. Insulin resistance in essential hypertension
  • The Kidney and Diabetes
  • 6. Risk factors and optimal blood pressure level for insulin-dependent diabetic patients
  • The Kidney in Pregnancy
  • 7. Treatment of hypertension during pregnancy: drugs to be avoided and drugs to be used.
  • Hereditary Renal Diseases
  • 8. Prediction of likelihood of polycystic kidney disease in the fetus when a parent has autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
  • Renal Stone Disease
  • 9. Urinary stones which require adjunctive management for successful extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy
  • Chronic Renal Failure
  • 10. Metabolic and clinical effects of long-term conservative treatment in patients with chronic renal failure
  • Dialysis
  • 11. Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism by intravenous calcitriol
  • 12. Non-A non-B hepatitis in dialysis patients: diagnosis prevention treatment
  • 13. New developments in continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration/dialysis
  • Renal Transplantation
  • 14. Ideal immunosuppression after renal transplantation: are steroids needed
  • Diagnostic Methods in Nephrology
  • 15. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA): new tools in the diagnosis and follow-up of necrotizing glomerulonephritis and vasculitis
  • 16. Microscopic examination of the urinary sediment to differentiate high from low renal bleeding