The Renal System at a Glance by O'Callaghan, Chris;

Short description:

The Renal System at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by diagrams encapsulating essential knowledge.

Long description:

The Renal System at a Glance provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by diagrams encapsulating essential knowledge.


This new edition of The Renal System at a Glance :



Contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal
Provides a fascinating introduction to modern science and clinical nephrology
Has been thoroughly revised and updated to contain the latest molecular and physiological developments and includes a new chapter on pregnancy and the kidney



The Renal System at a Glance , formerly The Kidney at a Glance, will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors on Foundation Programmes and to those revising for final exams. The book is also suitable for those training in allied health professions, including specialist nurses working on dialysis wards.

Reviews of the last edition

...this book is an ingenious hybrid of a renal physiology / pharmacology text, and a nephrology text. Definitely a worthwhile investment for first years GKT Gazette

The Renal System at a Glance , provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid for medical students. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with key facts accompanied by diagrams encapsulating essential knowledge.


This new edition of The Renal System at a Glance :



Contains a second colour throughout to enhance the visual appeal
Provides a fascinating introduction to modern science and clinical nephrology
Has been thoroughly revised and updated to contain the latest molecular and physiological developments and includes a new chapter on pregnancy and the kidney



The Renal System at a Glance , formerly The Kidney at a Glance will appeal to all medical students, junior doctors on Foundation Programmes and for those revising for final exams. The book is also suitable for those training in allied health professions, including specialist nurses working on dialysis wards.

Reviews of the last edition

...this book is an ingenious hybrid of a renal physiology / pharmacology text, and a nephrology text. Definitely a worthwhile investment for first years GKT Gazette

"In short very user friendly with an excellent and copious number of informative, clear illustrations...the level is pitched at the no nonsense crammer or for those who want the jist 20 mins before clinic/ward round. All the same - great book for an important subject."
Black Bag, Bristol University Medical School Gazette

"Renal medicine scares many students, and we are often told it's a postgraduate topic so don't go into too much detail. Well this book is at the right level for undergrads, even for year 1. It is easy to read with an intro to kidney structure and function, including a nice section on clinical features of kidney disease. All your acid-base, hyper and hypoxxxaemias and other disorders are briefly covered as are renal processes too. Self-assessment test cases round off a good overivew of a topic, perfect for the slightly psychotic build up to finals." Surgo, Glasgow University Medical Journal, 78:4

"Students in their pre-clinical years will find this book an excellent and thorough introduction to the renal system and may well struggle without a book of this calibre...This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of all medical students, there's no excuse not to have a copy! In addition, undergraduates from life science/health allied disciplines and clinicians are likely to find this book useful as a source of reference." GKT Gazette, September 2006

"It achieves this by combining all the elements of pre-clinical in a coherent and logical manner. The Introductory Section covers basic anatomy and embryology with a functional and clinical overview of the system. These opening pages help recollection of little long-forgotten facts. Subsequent chapters concerning the physiology and pharmacology of the system, is where the style of the book comes into its own. The diagrams give exemplary explanations of the sites of all the processes that left many a first year overwhelmed. The book then addresses many common (and commonly examined!) conditions, putting particular emphasis on the disease process. Knowing the underlying pathophysiology, it is argued, is the most useful aspect because essentially it doesn t change, whereas investigation and treatment are constantly refined or replaced. What s more, a good number of systemic conditions that interact with the renal system are covered. Finally, a dozen clinical scenarios give you an opportunity to check your understanding." Cambridge Medicine

Table of Contents:

Introduction and how to use this book.

Abbreviations and glossary.

Nomenclature.

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Introduction.

1 The kidney: structural overview.

2 The kidney: functional overview.

3 Development of the renal system.

4 Clinical features of kidney disease.

5 The kidney: laboratory investigation and diagnostic imaging.

Basic renal science.

6 Renal sodium handling.

7 Renal potassium handling.

8 Renal acid-base and buffer concepts.

9 Renal acid-base handling.

10 Calcium, phosphate, and magnesium metabolism.

11 The kidney and water handling.

12 Erythropoietin and anemia in renal disease.

13 Renal vascular biology.

14 Drug and organic molecule handling by the kidney.

15 Renal pharmacology: diuretics.

Disorders of renal metabolic function.

16 Hereditary disorders of tubular transport.

17 Regulation of body sodium and body water.

18 Disorders of sodium and water metabolism.

19 Hyponatremia and hypernatremia.

20 The edema states: sodium and water retention.

21 Regulation of potassium metabolism.

22 Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia.

23 Control of divalent ions and disorders of phosphate and magnesium.

24 Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia.

25 Acid-base regulation and responses to acid-base disturbances.

26 Clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism and metabolic acidosis.

27 Metabolic alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, and respiratory alkalosis.

28 Renal tubular acidosis.

Renal disease processes.

29 Glomerular disease: an overview.

30 Glomerular pathologies and their associated diseases.

31 Specific diseases affecting the glomeruli.

32 Tubulointerstitial disease.

33 Proteinuria and the nephrotic syndrome.

34 Hypertension: causes and clinical evaluation.

35 Hypertension: complications and therapy.

36 Diabetes mellitus and the kidney.

37 Renal vascular disease.

38 Polycystic kidney disease.

39 Acute renal failure: pathophysiology.

40 Acute renal failure: clinical aspects.

41 Chronic renal failure and renal bone disease.

42 Chronic renal failure: clinical complications and their management.

43 Treatment of renal failure with dialysis.

44 Peritoneal dialysis and continuous hemofiltration.

45 Renal transplantation.

46 Urinary tract infection.

47 Renal tract stones.

48 Renal tract cancer.

49 Pregnancy and the renal system.

Clinical cases.

50 Clinical cases for self-assessment.

51 Clinical cases: answers and explanations.

Index