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1 online resource (xviii, 575 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of contributors""; ""Abbreviations used throughout the book""; ""SECTION 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF RENAL PHYSIOLOGY""; ""Chapter 1 Renal haemodynamics and glomerular filtration David Shirley, Giovambattista Capasso and Robert Unwin""; ""RENAL BLOOD FLOW""; ""GLOMERULAR FILTRATION""; ""The Filtration Barrier""; ""Pressures Responsible for Glomerular Filtration""; ""AUTOREGULATION OF RENAL BLOOD FLOW AND GFR""; ""Factors Affecting Renal Blood Flow and GFR""; ""For further reading please refer to the end of Chapter 2."" |
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""Chapter 2 Renal tubular function David Shirley, Giovambattista Capasso, Matthew Bailey and Robert Unwin""""PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE""; ""LOOP OF HENLE""; ""EARLY DISTAL TUBULE""; ""LATE DISTAL TUBULE AND CORTICAL COLLECTING DUCT""; ""MEDULLARY COLLECTING DUCT""; ""RENAL HANDLING OF SPECIFIC SOLUTES""; ""SODIUM""; ""Control of Sodium Excretion""; ""CHLORIDE""; ""POTASSIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Potassium Secretion and Excretion""; ""BICARBONATE""; ""1. Bicarbonate Reabsorption""; ""2. Addition of “New� Bicarbonate to Plasma""; ""(i) Excretion of titratable acid"" |
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""(Ii) Excretion of ammonium""""Intercalated Cells""; ""Regulation of Renal Bicarbonate Handling""; ""• Respiratory acid-base disorders""; ""• Metabolic acid-base disorders (of non-renal origin)""; ""• Aldosterone""; ""• Extracellular volume fluctuations""; ""• Hypokalaemia""; ""URATE""; ""UREA""; ""CREATININE""; ""CALCIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Calcium Excretion""; ""PHOSPHATE""; ""Factors Affecting Phosphate Excretion""; ""MAGNESIUM""; ""Factors Affecting Magnesium Excretion""; ""DIURETICS""; ""Osmotic Diuretics""; ""Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors""; ""Loop Diuretics"" |
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""Loop diuretics in acute renal failure""""Thiazide Diuretics""; ""Potassium-Sparing Diuretics""; ""Dopamine""; ""FURTHER READING""; ""SECTION 2. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE � COMMON PRINCIPLES""; ""Chapter 3 Aetiology of acute renal failure Andrew Allen""; ""DEFINITION""; ""EPIDEMIOLOGY""; ""AETIOLOGY""; ""Pre-Renal Failure""; ""“Intrinsic� Renal Failure""; ""Post-Renal Failure""; ""INVESTIGATION""; ""TREATMENT""; ""OUTCOME""; ""FURTHER READING""; ""Chapter 4 Clinical approach and laboratory investigation""; ""4.1 History and examination Katie Darling""; ""THE HISTORY""; ""Symptoms"" |
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""Past Medical History""""Drug History""; ""Family History""; ""Social History""; ""CLINICAL EXAMINATION""; ""Initial Clinical Assessment""; ""1. Vital signs""; ""2. Level of consciousness""; ""3. Assessment of intravascular volume status""; ""Further Clinical Examination""; ""4.2 Urine output and urinalysis Iain MacPhee""; ""URINE VOLUME""; ""URINE EXAMINATION""; ""Appearance""; ""Yellow urine""; ""Red urine""; ""Cloudy urine""; ""Smell""; ""URINE MICROSCOPY""; ""Cells""; ""Erythrocytes""; ""White blood cells""; ""Epithelial cells""; ""Malignant cells""; ""Urinary Casts""; ""Red cell casts"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Acute renal failure.
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Acute renal failure. |
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Acute Kidney Injury. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Allen, Andrew (Andrew R.)
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Pusey, C. D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Glynne, Paul. Acute renal failure in practice. London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., ©2002 9781860942167 (OCoLC)51623883 |
| ISBN |
9781860947902 (electronic book) |
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1860947905 (electronic book) |
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1281866741 |
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9781281866745 |
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9781860942167 |
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1860942164 |
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9781860942877 |
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1860942873 |
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