Pediatric Nephrology and Urology: The Requisites

✍ Scribed by Bernard S. Kaplan MD, Kevin Meyers MD

• Publisher: Mosby
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 405
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new title in the Requisites in Pediatrics series focuses on the assessment, treatment, and stabilization of renal and urologic disorders and traumas commonly encountered in clinical practice. Abundant tables examine differential diagnosis, lab values/radiologic studies, treatment/therapy options, and when to refer to a specialist. A consistent organization throughout makes review easy, and chapters end with lists of key points. It's the ideal reference for a quick, efficient, and comprehensive review of essential information needed for board examinations or recertification.Offers first-line advice in initially diagnosing and treating children with renal and urologic conditions.Features key references within each chapter.Emphasizes assessment and stabilization of the conditions most often encountered in practice.Examines differential diagnosis, lab values/radiologic studies, treatment/therapy options, and when to refer to a specialist through abundant tables.Organizes topics to address all of the major categories of renal and urologic disorders, including hematuria and proteinuria, hypertension, glomerular disorders, chronic renal failure, dialysis and transplantation, and more.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
The History of Pediatric Nephrology......Page 15
Clinical Evaluation of a Child with Kidney Disease......Page 25
Pediatric Uroimaging......Page 34
Immunization of Children with Renal Disease......Page 45
Social Issues in Children with Renal Disorders......Page 53
Psychological Considerations in Renal Disease......Page 69
Patient–Physician Communication......Page 75
Adherence to Medical Regimens......Page 81
Nutritiona lManagement of Pediatric Renal Diseases......Page 88
Transitioning Pediatric Renal Patients to Adult Care......Page 99
Evaluation of Hematuria......Page 107
Proteinuria......Page 115
Hypertension: Principles for the Practitioner......Page 122
Rickets......Page 134
Acute Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis......Page 143
IgA Nephropathy......Page 149
Henoch–Schönlein Purpura Nephritis......Page 153
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis......Page 159
Hereditary Nephropathies......Page 168
Minimal-Change Nephrotic Syndrome......Page 175
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis......Page 184
Membranous Nephropathy......Page 191
ANCA-Positive Vasculitis/Pauci-Immune Glomerulonephritis......Page 197
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus......Page 203
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Stx HUS......Page 215
Classification of the Hemolytic Uremic Syndromes and ThromboticThrombocytopenic Purpura......Page 221
Polycystic Kidney Diseases......Page 226
Developmental Abnormalities of the Kidneys......Page 235
Disorders of Renal Tubular Function......Page 243
Acute Renal Failure......Page 253
Chronic Renal Failure......Page 262
Management of Chronic Renal Failure......Page 269
Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis......Page 279
Dialysis: Hemodiafiltration......Page 286
Evaluation for Pediatric Renal Transplantation......Page 296
Complications after Renal Transplantation......Page 303
Management of the Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipient......Page 309
Voiding Problems in Children......Page 321
Urinary Tract Infection in Childhood......Page 329
Urological Evaluation......Page 338
Vesicoureteric Reflux......Page 352
Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Management of Intersexuality......Page 358
Calculi......Page 373
Index......Page 387
Colour Plates......Page 398