Understanding Kidney Diseases

by Hugh Rayner (Author), Mark Thomas (Author), David Milford (Author)
Provides a systematic approach to kidney disease management
Presents a collection of illustrative case studies together with graphical representations of patients kidney function against time to aid trainees in the understanding of kidney diseases, clinical assessment of patients and formulation of management plans
Covers all major clinical issues affecting kidney function in adults that a non-specialist doctor is likely to encounter

From the Back Cover
This book provides the essential understanding needed for the assessment of patients with kidney disease. The chapters follow the sequence taken during a clinic consultation and when clerking a patient. At each stage, the principles and concepts underlying aspects of renal medicine that may seem difficult are clearly explained.

Understanding Kidney Diseases includes numerous case studies and charts based upon patients’ data to help students, residents and fellows develop their knowledge and skill in managing patients.

About the Author
Dr Hugh Rayner gained a first class degree in physiology at Cambridge University before qualifying with honours at the London Hospital Medical College in 1981. He was awarded an MD from the University of Leicester for studies on experimental models of kidney disease. After a number of training posts, including a year as clinical fellow in Melbourne Australia, he was appointed as a consultant in renal and general medicine in Birmingham in 1993.

As part of his studies for the Diploma in Medical Education from Dundee University in 1996, he presented a dissertation on the interpretation of serum creatinine and published a consensus curriculum for undergraduate renal medicine [1]. He is a full time nephrologist, clinical lead for the West Midlands Renal Network, and continues to teach renal medicine to undergraduates and trainee doctors.

Dr Mark Thomas studied Biological Sciences and Medicine as an undergraduate at Kings College London and Westminster Medical School. After postgraduate training he was a Research Fellow at Washington University Medical School in St Louis, USA for three years, studying models of proteinuric renal disease. This interest continued during Senior Registrar training in Leicester. He has been a Consultant Nephrologist and Physician at the Heart of England Foundation Trust in Birmingham since 1998.

He has had a clinical research interest in acute kidney injury (AKI) for some years, including earlier detection and intervention in AKI. He is chief investigator for the Acute Kidney Outreach to Reduce Deterioration and Death (AKORDD) study, a large pilot study of AKI outreach. He has chaired clinical guideline development groups for AKI and anaemia management in CKD for the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Dr David Milford
commenced basic paediatric training in 1983 and higher paediatric training at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in 1986. He undertook research in the Department of Nephrology, Birmingham Children’s Hospital into the epidemiology of diarrhea-associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome resulting in several major publications and a thesis for Doctor of Medicine. He was appointed consultant nephrologist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 1992. His interests include hypertension, acute kidney injury and renal transplantation.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
135 illus., 81 in colour
Topics
Nephrology
Diabetes

Recommended Titles:
Clinical Companion in Nephrology (2015)
Management of Chronic Kidne...A Clinician’s Guide (2014)

More info and Hardcover at Springer

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