Comprehensive clinical nephrology

The second edition of Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology will build on the strengths of the first edition to bring the reader the most up-to-date information on every clinical condition encountered in nephrology in one concise but comprehensive, clinically focused volume. Every chapter has been fully revised and updated, with new chapters on renal disease in the elderly, management of renal diseases in septic shock or the ICU setting, and urologic conditions of relevance to the nephrologist. There is much greater coverage of the surgical management of renal stone disease, the management of renal disease in the ICU, acute pancreatitis and Leptospirosis as causes of acute renal failure, renal, bladder and prostate malignancy, and much more. Clinically focused and highly illustrated in full color throughout Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology is an invaluable bedside resource for the trainee or practicing clinician in nephrology, internal medicine or critical care.This second edition also comes with a CD-ROM which contains all the figures,images, and tables from the bookGives the best clinical advice available form the worlds leading expertsGive the reader both the principles and practice of clinical medicine for every disordersAssists in the decision as to which tests to orderReader is able to locate material more easily due to standard layout of each chapterEnsures the best possible coverage of the specialty form the experts worldwideRelevant but not exhaustive references of key papers makes it easy to locate essential referencesMakes the complex acid-base principles easy to understand and helps put them in the clinical context of the disease processNew chapter on Renal Disease in the ElderlyMore on surgical management of renal stone disease and its treatment, primary oxalosis, and uremic toxicityNew chapter on management of Renal Disease in the ICU setting (in content of septic shock etc.)More on acute pancreatitis and leptospirosis as causes of acute renal failureNew chapter on Critical Urological Conditions of relevance to NephrologistsShort new section on hantavirus and renal diseaseMore on renal, bladder and prostate malignancyExpanded coverage of poisoning and drug toxicity, with a all common poisons/toxins discussedMany new clinical photographs, pathology and radiology images and full-color line illustrations