Authors: Washington University School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Irfan A Agha, Gopa Bhattacharyya Green
Written by residents, fellows, and attending physicians, this handbook is ideal for residents called on to do an inpatient consult, for students working on an inpatient medicine service, and for specialists seeking information on nephrology and general internal medicine management. The book covers inpatient and outpatient approaches, symptoms and diseases, and acute and chronic problems with the same front-lines practicality as the world-famous Washington Manual(R) of
Medical Therapeutics. Sections cover evaluation of renal function;
acute renal failure; glomerular diseases; kidney and systemic disease; nephrolithiasis; water, electrolyte and
acid-base disorders; principles of dialytic