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Brown University, Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island. Developments in Nephrology, Volume 37 Reference on difficult diagnoses in renal failure, particularly reversible causes of acute and subacute renal failure in which serum creatine concentration rises over days or weeks. For nephrologists.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Ch. 1 Introduction 3
Ch. 2 Causes of Renal Failure 7
Ch. 3 History 11
Ch. 4 Physical Examination 21
Ch. 5 Initial Laboratory Studies 25
Ch. 6 Additional Laboratory Tests 35
Ch. 7 False Renal Failure and Chronic Renal Failure 49
Ch. 8 Prerenal Renal Failure 55
Ch. 9 Postrenal Renal Failure 59
Ch. 10 Vascular Causes of Renal Failure 65
Ch. 11 Glomerular Causes of Renal Failure 93
Ch. 12 Tubular Causes of Renal Failure 117
Ch. 13 Interstitial Causes of Renal Failure 131
Ch. 14 Review of Diagnostic Practices 145
Ch. 15 The Undiagnosed Patient 149
Ch. 16 General Management of the Patient with Acute Renal Failure 153
Ch. 17 General Management of the Patient with Chronic Renal Failure 169
Ch. 18 Treatment of Specific Causes of Renal Failure 187
Problem cases 233
Appendix - List of Nephrotoxins 255
Index 269