The second edition of this educational book provides an updated resource on how best to discuss and manage acute and chronic presentations of renal diseases. All chapters have been reviewed and updated to reflect changes which directly affect clinical practice and new chapters have been added including Dialysis and Poisoning, Urinalysis/Microscopy and Renal Biopsy. Chapters now include information on key clinical trials for management strategies

Allowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both a quick reference text and study guide. The layout has been designed in a question and answer format in order to promote self-directed learning. Images and diagrams have been further standardized and improved for the new edition and remain a key feature of the book.

Clinical Companion in Nephrology, second edition, is an invaluable resource for junior doctors, medical students and renal nurses who encounter renal patients in their daily practice.

Part 1. Physiology and Assessment

1. Structure and Function of the Kidney
2. Assessment of GFR
3. Proteinuria
4. Haematuria
Part 2. Disorders of Renal Metabolic Function
5. Hyponatraemia
6. Hypokalaemia
7. Hypocalcaemia and hypercalcaemia
8. Hypophosphataemia and hypomagnesaemia
9. Acid-base balance
Part 3. Acute Kidney Injury
10. Causes of Acute Kidney Injury
11. Rhabdomyolysis
12. Cardiorenal Failure
13. Hepatorenal Syndrome
14. HUS/TTP in Adults
15. Myeloma and the Kidney
16. Investigation, management and outcome of Acute Kidney Injury
17. Fluid Management
18. Hyperkalaemia
19. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
Part 4. Chronic Kidney Disease
20. Overview of Chronic Kidney Disease
21. Glomerular Disease
22. Diabetes
23. Renovascular Disease
24. Hypertension
25. Antihypertensive Drugs
26. Polycystic Kidney Diseases
27. Anaemia
28. Mineral Metabolism
29. Nutrition in Renal Disease
Part 5. Miscellaneous Renal
30. Gout and the Kidney
31. Urinary Tract Infection
32. Renal Stone Disease
33. Management of Pain
34. Pregnancy and Renal Disease
35. Blood Borne Viruses
36. Rarer Renal Diseases.-37. Kidney disease affecting common drugs
38. Common drugs affecting kidney disease. Part 6. Renal Replacement Therapy
39. Haemodialysis
40. Peritoneal Dialysis
41. Renal Transplantation
42. Hypertension and Fluid Balance in Dialysis Patients
43. Tunnelled Dialysis Catheters
44. Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection
45. The Challenges of Renal Replacement Therapy in the Elderly
46. Dialysis and Poisoning. Part 7 Practical Nephrology
47. Urinalysis/Microscopy
48.- Dialysis Line insertion,- 49.Renal Biopsy
50. Basic Concepts in Biopsy interpretation.