Peter F. Zipfel Editor 2006 Complement is a central and important immune defense system that acts at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity. Aimed at maintaining the integrity of the human organism, this system is – when activated – highly toxic, destructive and inflammatory.
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Edited by Chen Hsing Hsu 2006 The kidney is one of the most complex organs. Once it fails, it can no longer carry out the complicated tasks performed by the normal kidney. The ensuing disorders of calcium (Ca) and phosphate (P) metabolism are common and difficult problems in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This book is intended for medical students, […]
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Mark G. Cowling (Ed.) 2007 Angioplasty, Stenting, Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy Vascular Interventional Radiology, or endovascular therapy as it is becoming increasingly known, continues to develop rapidly. As our patients survive longer because of advances in treatment in other areas, such as coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease is becoming an increasingly common problem. In addition, those requiring treatment are increasingly […]
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Isao Ishikawa 2007 Complications of Long-Term Dialysis I have been involved in the treatment of chronic renal insufficiency for 40 years, beginning with peritoneal dialysis immediately after graduation from medical school in 1965, then with hemodialysis in 1967 after I first experienced it in Kanazawa, and with renal transplantation since 1972, when I was studying in the United […]
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Alexander J. Howie 2008 My aim was to write a short, clear, useful, and interesting guide to the findings in renal biopsy specimens. Particular parts of this aim were to show how a diagnosis can be reached, and what information taken from a specimen is clinically significant and helpful.
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Farahnak Assadi 2008 A Problem-solving Approach to Clinical Cases Over the last twenty-five years of teaching, I have found the evidence-based medicine approach to be very effective in teaching clinical nephrology to students of health professions at all stages of their training. For this reason, I believe that the time has come to undertake the task of publishing […]
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Sara Blakeley (Ed.) 2008
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Edited by Juan F. Macías Núñez J. Stewart Cameron Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos 2008 It is a great pleasure to respond to the invitation to write a foreword for this book. With a worldwide increase in an aging population, the practice of medicine is increasingly focused on elderly patients with chronic diseases and episodic acute exacerbations rather than the previous […]
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Laura D. Byham-Gray Jerrilynn D. Burrowes Glenn M. Chertow 2008 The field of kidney disease has evolved over the years to encompass a broad and sophisticated knowledge base. There has been a proliferation of scientific information and technical advances in the field. The clinician involved in the care of patients with kidney disease must have a vast knowledge of […]
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Editors Marc E. DE BROE George A. PORTER 2008 Renal Injury from Drugs and Chemicals As with our two previous editions we remained true to our concept of a multi-nationally author book. Our belief remains strong that scientific information is an international commodity whose interpretation and application are significantly influenced by both the cultural and ethnic background of the observer.
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