I: Patient Assessment
Chapter 1: Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease – Jennifer A. Fillaus and Troy J. Plumb
Chapter 2: Assessment of Renal Function – Clifford D. Miles
Chapter 3: Approach to Renal Diagnostic Testing – Marius C. Florescu
II: Glomerural Diseases
Chapter 4: Approach to the Patient with Nephrotic Syndrome – Leslie F. Thomas and Harini A. Chakkera
Chapter 5: Approach to the Patient with Hematuria –Vishal Ratkalkar and Kevin R. Regner
Chapter 6: Approach to the Patient with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) – Ziad el-Zoghby
Chapter 7: Interpretation of the Renal Biopsy –LaTonya J. Hickson and Lynn Cornell
Chapter 8: Interpretation of Serological Testing – Kelly V. Liang and Kimberly P. Liang
III: Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
Chapter 9: Hyponatremia – Cynthia M. Cooper
Chapter 10: Potassium Disorders – Kambiz Zandi-Nejad
Chapter 11: Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium – J. Kevin Tucker and Denyse Thornley-Brown
IV: Acid-Base Disorders
Chapter 12: Metabolic Acidosis – Warren Kupin
Chapter 13: Metabolic Alkalosis – Luis Ortega and Oliver Lenz
Chapter 14: Respiratory Acidosis –Adriana Arcila and Shirin Shafazand
Chapter 15: Respiratory Alkalosis –Rebecca Toonkel and Shirin Shafazand
Chapter 16: Mixed Acid-Base Disorders – Oliver Lenz
V: Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 17: Acute Kidney Injury: Definitions and General Approach – Ashita J. Tolwani
Chapter 18: Pre-Renal Azotemia – Luis I. Juncos and Luis A. Juncos
Chapter 19: Post-Renal Failure – Luis I. Juncos and Luis A. Juncos
Chapter 20: Acute Tubular Necrosis –Shamik Shah and Jorge Cerdá
Chapter 21: Specific Etiologies – Eric Judd, Shikha Mehta, and Ashita J. Tolwani
Chapter 22: Management of Acute Kidney Injury – Jorge Cerdá and Shamik Shah
VI: Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 23: Chronic Kidney Disease: Definitions and General Approach – M. Rashid Ishaque and James L. Bailey
Chapter 24: Mineral and Bone Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease – Lynn E. Schlanger and James L. Bailey
Chapter 25: Anemia – Jason Cobb and Tahsin Masud
Chapter 26: Goals of Therapy: Slowing Progression and Dyslipidemias – M. Salman Singapuri and Janice P. Lea
Chapter 27: Nutrition– Sejal Sarolia and Harold A. Franch
Chapter 28: Ethics in Chronic Kidney Disease – Shaun Conlon, Hussain Gilani, and James L. Bailey
Chapter 29: Chronic Kidney Disease in the Aging – Lynn E. Schlanger
VII: Dialysis Therapies
Chapter 30: Counseling Patients for Renal Replacement Therapy Based on Outcomes – Mark G. Parker
Chapter 31: Hemodialysis - Initiation and Complications – C. John Sperati
Chapter 32: Peritoneal Dialysis: Initiation and Complications – Joni H. Hansson
Chapter 33: Palliative Care in Renal Disease – James C. Wasserman
VIII: Kidney Transplantation
Chapter 34: Donor and Recipient Evaluation –Elizabeth C. Lorenz and Suzanne M. Norby
Chapter 35: Immunosuppression in the Renal Transplant Recipient – Claire M. Kennedy and Colm C. Magee
Chapter 36: Complications of Kidney Transplantation – Hatem Amer, Lena Sibulesky, Hani M. Wadei
Chapter 37: Infectious Disease in Kidney Transplantation – Scott L. Sanoff
Chapter 38: Kidney Transplant Outcomes – Ankit Sakhuja, Neha Sehgal, Monica Vasudev, and Brahm Vasudev
IX: Hypertension
Chapter 39: Classification of Hypertension – William Burtnett and Eleanor Lederer
Chapter 40: Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension – Nina Vasavada and Eleanor Lederer
Chapter 41: Primary Hypertension – Eleanor Lederer
Chapter 42: Lifestyle Modifications in the Treatment of Hypertension – Vibha Nayak, Dawn Caster, and Eleanor Lederer
Chapter 43: Secondary Hypertension – Eleanor Lederer
Chapter 44: Hypertensive Emergencies and Resistant Hypertension – Lina Mackelaite and Eleanor Lederer
X: Kidney Disease Associated with Underlying Systemic Disease
Chapter 45: Diabetic Kidney Disease – Raimund Pichler, Ian de Boer, Miguel F. Palma Diaz, and Maryam Afkarian
Chapter 46: Lupus Nephritis – Maaz A. Abbasi and Leah A. Haseley
Chapter 47: Viral Diseases and the Kidney –German T. Hernandez and Rudolph A. Rodriguez
Chapter 48: Pregnancy-Associated Kidney Injury – A. Eric Anderson and Sophia M. Rothberger Lannon
Chapter 49: Genetic Diseases of the Kidney – Scott D. Bieber and J. Ashley Jefferson
Chapter 50: Multiple Myeloma and the Kidney – Fionnuala C. Cormack and Robert E. Richard
XI: Nephrolithiasis
Chapter 51: Nephrolithiasis – Kerry Cho, Grace J. No, Lowell J. Lo, and Andrew Lin
