Contemporary Nephrology : Volume 1

This volume is the first of a biannual series entitled Contemporary Nephrology. The series intends to provide the reader with a broad, authoritative review of the important developments that have occurred during the previous two years in the major areas of both basic and clinical nephrology. We have been fortunate to enlist a distinguished group of scientists, teachers, and clinicians to serve as members of the Editorial Board of this series. We are grateful to them for the outstand ing contributions they have made to this first volume of Contemporary Nephrology. This volume has fifteen chapters. The first four chapters deal with more basic aspects of nephrology: Membrane Transport (Schafer); Renal Physiology (Knox and Spielman); Renal Metabolism (School werth); and Renal Prostaglandins (Dunn). Chapters 5-10 are more pathophysiologically oriented, and each contains an "appropriate mix" of basic and clinical information. This group of chapters includes Acid-Base Physiology and Pathophysiology (Arruda and Kurtzman); Mineral Metabolism in Health and Disease (Agus, Goldfarb, and Was serstein); Hypertension and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis (Williams and Hollenberg); Immunologically Mediated Renal Disease (Glassock); Acute Renal Failure and Toxic Nephropathy (Anderson and Gross); and the Kidney in Systemic Disease (Martinez-Maldonado). The last five chapters, which are more clinically oriented, include Uremia (Friedman and Lundin); Nutrition in Renal Disease (Mitch); Dialysis (Maher); Renal Transplantation (Strom); and, finally, Drugs and the Kidney (Bennett) Front Matter....Pages i-xx Membrane Transport....Pages 1-57 Renal Physiology....Pages 59-86 Renal Metabolism....Pages 87-121 Renal Prostaglandins....Pages 123-164 Acid—Base Physiology and Pathophysiology....Pages 165-204 Mineral Metabolism in Health and Disease....Pages 205-347 Hypertension and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis....Pages 349-388 Immunologically Mediated Renal Disease....Pages 389-441 Acute Renal Failure and Toxic Nephropathy....Pages 443-476 The Kidney in Systemic Disease....Pages 477-521 Uremia....Pages 523-550 Nutrition in Renal Disease....Pages 551-577 Dialysis....Pages 579-630 Renal Transplantation....Pages 631-656 Drugs and the Kidney....Pages 657-694 Back Matter....Pages 695-715