Brenner & Rector's The Kidney - Couverture rigide

Yu MD, Alan S.L.; Chertow MD, Glenn M.; Luyckx MBBCh MSc, Valerie; Marsden MD, Philip A.; Skorecki MD FRCP(C) FASN, Karl; Taal MBChB MMed MD FCP(SA) FRCP, Maarten W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0323532659 ISBN 13 : 9780323532655

Editeur : Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2019

Synopsis

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Nephrology** Put the world’s most well-known kidney reference to work in your practice with the 11th Edition of Brenner & Rector’s The Kidney. This two-volume masterwork provides expert, well-illustrated information on everything from basic science and pathophysiology to clinical best practices. Addressing current issues such as new therapies for cardiorenal syndrome, the increased importance of supportive or palliative care in advanced chronic kidney disease, increasing live kidney donation in transplants, and emerging discoveries in stem cell and kidney regeneration, this revised edition prepares you for any clinical challenge you may encounter. Extensively updated chapters throughout, providing the latest scientific and clinical information from authorities in their respective fields Lifespan coverage of kidney health and disease from pre-conception through fetal and infant health, childhood, adulthood, and old age Discussions of today’s hot topics, including the global increase in acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology, cardiovascular disease and renal disease, and global initiatives for alternatives in areas with limited facilities for dialysis or transplant New Key Points that represent either new findings or "pearls" of information that are not widely known or understood New Clinical Relevance boxes that highlight the information you must know during a patient visit, such as pertinent physiology or pathophysiology Hundreds of full-color, high-quality photographs as well as carefully chosen figures, algorithms, and tables that illustrate essential concepts, nuances of clinical presentation and technique, and clinical decision making A new editor who is a world-renowned expert in global health and nephrology care in underserved populations, Dr. Valerie A. Luyckx from University of Zürich Board review-style questions to help you prepare for certification or recertification Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alan S. L. Yu is Harry Statland and Solon Summerfield Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

Glenn M. Chertow is Norman S. Coplon/ Satellite Healthcare, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Nephrology at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA

Valerie Luyckx is Affiliate Lecturer, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and the History of MedicineUniversity of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Philip A. Marsden is Professor of Medicine, Elisabeth Hofmann Chair in Translational Research, Oreopoulos-Baxter Division Director of Nephrology; Vice Chair Research, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Karl Skorecki is Annie Chutick Professor and Chair in Medicine (Nephrology), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Director of Medical and Research Development, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0323532659
• ISBN 13: 9780323532655
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 2793
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie