Well organized and highly readable, the National Kidney Foundation Primer on Kidney Diseases has offered clear, comprehensive coverage of adult and pediatric kidney diseases for more than 25 years. The thoroughly revised 8th Edition of this authoritative, practical reference covers every relevant topic in the field, making it an excellent resource for residency, fellowship, clinical practice, and board review. It brings you completely up to date with key topics in this fast-changing field, including ongoing clinical research and changing treatment protocols.

This powerful learning tool and clinical reference is a joint publication of Elsevier and the National Kidney Foundation.

• Covers every relevant topic in nephrology―from anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology to diagnosis and management of kidney disease, to fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and renal transplantation.
• Presents complex material in a clear, easy-to-understand manner that is both accessible for residents and fellows and comprehensive enough for practicing nephrologists.
• Offers new guidance for management of COVID-19 in the Viral Nephropathies chapter.
• Contains two new chapters on Global Kidney Disease, and Conservative Kidney Management (CKM), a palliative care option for treating kidney failure without dialysis.

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Contents

۱. Overview of Kidney Structure and Function
۲. Kidney Development
۳. Assessment of Kidney Function in Acute and Chronic Settings
۴. Urinalysis and Urine Microscopy
۵. Hematuria and Proteinuria
۶. Imaging of the Kidneys
۷. Hyponatremia and Hypoosmolar Disorders
۸. Hypernatremia and Hyperosmolar Disorders
۹. Volume, Edema, and the Clinical Use of Diuretics
۱۰. Disorders of Potassium Metabolism
۱۱. Disorders of Calcium, Phosphorus, and Magnesium Homeostasis
۱۲. Approach to Acid-Base Disorders
۱۳. Metabolic Acidosis
۱۴. Metabolic Alkalosis
۱۵. Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis
۱۶. Glomerular Clinicopathologic Syndromes
۱۷. ANCA-Associated Kidney Disease and Vasculitis
۱۸. Minimal Change Disease
۱۹. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
۲۰. Membranous Nephropathy
۲۱. Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy and Related Disorders
۲۲. Complement-Mediated Glomerulonephritis and Thrombotic Microangiopathy
۲۳. Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis
۲۴. Viral Nephropathies: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and SARS-CoV-2
۲۵. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Kidney
۲۶. Pathogenesis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease
۲۷. Onconephrology
۲۸. Myeloma, Amyloid, and Other Dysproteinemias
۲۹. Cardiorenal Syndrome
۳۰. Liver Disease, Acute Kidney Dysfunction, and the Hepatorenal Syndrome
۳۱. Clinical Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
۳۲. Acute Tubular Injury and Acute Tubular Necrosis
۳۳. Acute Interstitial Nephritis
۳۴. Kidney Disease Caused by Therapeutic Agents
۳۵. Principles of Drug Therapy in Patients With Decreased Kidney Function
۳۶. APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease
۳۷. Genetically Based Kidney Transport Disorders
۳۸. Sickle Cell Nephropathy
۳۹. Polycystic and Other Cystic Kidney Diseases
۴۰. Nephronophthisis and Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
۴۱. Alport Syndrome and Related Disorders
۴۲. Fabry Disease
۴۳. Chronic Tubulointerstitial Disease
۴۴. Obstructive Uropathy
۴۵. Nephrolithiasis
۴۶. Kidney Diseases in Infants and Children
۴۷. The Kidney in Pregnancy
۴۸. Management of Kidney Disease in the Elderly
۴۹. Global Kidney Disease
۵۰. Development and Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
۵۱. Staging and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
۵۲. Nutrition and Kidney Disease
۵۳. Bone and Mineral Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease
۵۴. Cardiac Function and Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease
۵۵. Anemia and Other Hematologic Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease
۵۶. Hemodialysis and Hemofiltration
۵۷. Peritoneal Dialysis
۵۸. Conservative Kidney Management
۵۹. Selection of Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and Donors
۶۰. Posttransplantation Monitoring and Outcomes
۶۱. Immunosuppression in Transplantation
۶۲. Infectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation
۶۳. Pathogenesis of Hypertension
۶۴. Evaluation and Management of Hypertension
۶۵. Secondary Hypertension