Nephrology

Dr Surjit Tarafdar works as a General Physician and Nephrologist at Blacktown and Mt. Druitt Hospital in Sydney, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, and holds the position of Conjoint Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is co-author of the first edition of Passing the FRACP Written Examination: Questions and Answers. Dr Tarafdar is the founder of the annual 2-day nephrology revision program for the postgraduate trainees in medicine called 'Revise Nephrology', which has been running successfully in Sydney since 2015.

• List of Contributors ixForeword xiAcknowledgements xiii1 Clinical Implications of Renal Physiology 12 Investigation of Renal Diseases 213 Disorders of the Renal Tubules Leading to Disturbances of Acid–Base and Potassium 414 Renal Stones 535 Kidney Cancer 676 Acute Kidney Injury 777 Chronic Kidney Disease 898 Nephrotic Syndrome 1119 Glomerulonephritis 12710 Renal Vasculitis and Lupus Nephritis 14311 Renovascular Hypertension, Pregnancy‐Related Hypertension, and Thrombotic Microangiopathies 16312 Hereditary and Familial Renal Diseases 18113 Hepatorenal Syndrome 19514 Infections of the Kidney 20315 Diabetic Nephropathy 21516 Kidney Disease in Myeloma and Other Monoclonal Gammopathies 23117 Tubulointerstitial Diseases 24518 Maintenance Haemodialysis 25719 Peritoneal Dialysis: Principles, Indications, and Common Complications 27720 Renal Transplantation 295Index 321