Urology and Nephrology

Hemodialysis

Editor Hiromichi Suzuki
ISBN 978-953-51-0988-4
866 pages, February, 2013
Downloads: 433

In this special issue, reviews of various aspects of HD therapy were submitted from both groups. In particular, various methods for vascular access were discussed by many contributors. From these reviews, the reader will gain precious hints and sugge ...
Current Issues and Future Direction in Kidney Transplantation

Editor Thomas Rath
ISBN 978-953-51-0985-3
479 pages, February, 2013
Downloads: 381

The here presented book covers different areas of clinical and scientific interest, reaching from donor evaluation to newest methods in immunological diagnostics. But also aspects of daily care of transplant recipients can be found in the carefully s ...
Current Concepts in Kidney Transplantation

Editor Sandip Kapur, Cheguevara Afaneh and Meredith J. Aull
ISBN 978-953-51-0900-6
316 pages, December, 2012
Downloads: 510

Despite significant accomplishments to date, kidney transplantation is a relatively young field in medicine. Due to the armamentarium of agents available to effectively suppress the immune system, the past decade has seen a shift in focus from preve ...
Diabetic Nephropathy

Editor John S. D. Chan
ISBN 978-953-51-0543-5
166 pages, April, 2012
Downloads: 963

Internationally renowned experts have provided data on their own studies, and discuss the relative usefulness of their work in relation to diabetic nephropathy. The first section describes the novel role of intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone sy ...
Urinary Incontinence

Editor Ammar Alhasso
ISBN 978-953-51-0484-1
324 pages, April, 2012
Downloads: 929

Management strategies are framed within a multidisciplinary team structure and as such a range of specialists ranging from psychologists, specialist nurses, gynaecologists and urologists author the chapters. There are some novel methods outlined by t ...
Chronic Kidney Disease

Editor Monika Göoz
ISBN 978-953-51-0171-0
444 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1315

Chronic kidney disease is an increasing health and economical problem in our world. Obesity and diabetes mellitus, the two most common cause of CKD, are becoming epidemic in our societies. Education on healthy lifestyle and diet is becoming more and ...
Diseases of Renal Parenchyma

Editor Manisha Sahay
ISBN 978-953-51-0245-8
304 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 737

Clinical nephrology is an evolving speciality in which the amount of information is growing daily. This book gives quick access to some important clinical conditions encountered in nephrology including the diseases of glomeruli, tubules and interstit ...
Basic Nephrology and Acute Kidney Injury

Editor Manisha Sahay
ISBN 978-953-51-0139-0
226 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1004

The first section of the book covers the basics of nephrology and second section focuses on acute kidney injury. This easy to reference text examines the physiological and biochemical aspects of renal diseases - all in one convenient resource. Expert ...