Chapter 1 Kidney Anatomy and Physiology: The Basis of Clinical Nephrology

Chapter 2 Measuring Kidney Function: How to Use Laboratory Tests to Measure Glomerular Filtration Rate

Chapter 3 Plot All the Dots: How Graphs Reveal the History of Someone’s Kidney Disease

Chapter 4 Kidney Function in Acute Illness and Acute Kidney Injury

Chapter 5 How Are You Feeling? Symptoms of Kidney Disease uraemia

Chapter 6 Do You Have Any Risk Factors or Long-Term Health Conditions? How Environment, Lifestyle and Other Medical Conditions Are Linked to Kidney Disease

Chapter 7 Are You Pregnant or Planning a Pregnancy? How Pregnancy Affects the Kidneys and Vice Versa

Chapter 8 What Is Your Family History? The Molecular Genetics of Inherited Kidney Diseases

Chapter 9 What Have You Been Taking? Nephrotoxicity from Medications and Other Chemicals

Chapter 10 Height and Weight: The Effects of Kidney Disease on Development; Links Between Obesity and Kidney Disease

Chapter 11 Blood Pressure: The Interactions Between Hypertension and Kidney Disease

Chapter 12 Test the Urine: Understanding Haematuria, Proteinuria and Urinary Infection

Chapter 13 Examine the Patient: Physical Signs Related to Kidney Diseases

Chapter 14 Full Blood Count: Haematological Changes in Kidney Diseases

Chapter 15 Acid, Base and the Kidneys: The Role of the Kidneys in Acid-Base Disorders

Chapter 16 Calcium, Phosphate and Bones: How Bone and Mineral Metabolism is Altered in Kidney Disease

Chapter 17 Immunology: Serological Tests That Help Diagnose Kidney Diseases

Chapter 18 Image the Urinary Tract: Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Radiology Modalities

Chapter 19 Should We Do a Kidney Biopsy? Balancing the Diagnostic Benefits Against the Clinical Risks

Chapter 20 Kidney Stone Disease: A Link Between Nephrology and Urology

Chapter 21 Make a Plan: When and How to Prepare for End-Stage Kidney Disease

Chapter 22 Kidney Replacement Therapy: Common Problems in Dialysis and Transplant Patients