Put the world's best-known kidney reference to work in your practice. This two-volume masterwork provides expert, well-illustrated information on everything from basic science and pathophysiology to clinical best practices. Addressing current issues such as new therapies for cardiorenal syndrome, the increased importance of supportive or palliative care in advanced chronic kidney disease, increasing live kidney donation in transplants, and emerging discoveries in stem cell and kidney regeneration, this revised edition prepares you to meet all of the challenges that nephrology has to offer.
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Features a completely new editorial team, including Drs. Maarten W. Taal, Glenn M. Chertow, Philip A. Marsden, Karl Skorecki, Alan S. L. Yu, and Barry M. Brenner, as well as a diverse group of international contributors to provide a broad perspective on nephrology worldwide. New sections on Global Considerations in Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology help you keep up with the latest trends and developments in this rapidly growing, ever-changing specialty.
Streamline your diagnosis and treatment of renal disorders with extensive coverage of interventional nephrology, plasmapheresis, and xenotransplantation. Improve your clinical acumen with new chapters on the epidemiology and risk factors of kidney disease, identification of genetic causes of kidney diseases, and much more. Plus, new Key Points represent either new findings or "pearls" of information that are not widely known or understood and New Clinical Relevance boxes highlight the information you need during a patient visit, such as pertinent physiology or pathophysiology.