This book combines the reference material of a nephrology textbook with the everyday relevance of a clinical handbook. This second edition develops and expands upon the success of the first. All the content has been updated and entirely new chapters on acid-base disorders and stone disease have been added.

Understanding Kidney Diseases includes over 60 real-life case studies and is illustrated with over 200 figures. Readers can test their knowledge with a bank of multiple-choice questions and put it into practice by answering questions that patients frequently ask. The book provides all that students, residents and fellows need in order to approach a patient with a kidney problem with confidence.

1. Kidney Anatomy and Physiology

2. Measuring Kidney Function
3. Plot All the Dots
4. How Are You Feeling?
5. Do You Have Any Long-Term Health Conditions?
6. Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy?
7. What Is Your Family History?
8. What Have You Been Taking?
9. Height and Weight
10. Blood Pressure
11. Test the Urine
12. Examine the Patient
13. Full Blood Count, Urea and Electrolytes, Bicarbonate, Bone Profile
14. Immunology
15. Image the Urinary Tract
16. Should We Do A Kidney Biopsy?
17. Make a Plan
18. Renal Replacement Therapy
19. Kidney Disease in Children
20. Interpreting Acid-base Abnormalities
21. Kidney Disease in Pregnancy and Neonatals
22. USS Abnormalities
23. UTI and Nephrotic Syndrome
24. Epilogue.