Manisha Sahay  <br/><br/>
Basic Nephrology and Acute Kidney Injury 

 - Croatia  BoD – Books on Demand  c2012 
 - 238 pages 	 
<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>How Measuring Glomerular Filtration Rate?<br/><br/>Effects of Preterm Birth on the Kidney<br/><br/>Renal Potassium Handling and Associated Inherited<br/><br/>Variability of Biological<br/><br/>The Metamorphosis of Acute Renal<br/><br/>Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy<br/><br/>Evaluation of Acute Kidney<br/> 
<br/><br/> The first section of the book covers the basics of nephrology and second section focuses on acute kidney injury. This easy to reference text examines the physiological and biochemical aspects of renal diseases - all in one convenient resource. Experts in the field discuss topics of increasing concern in nephrology including newer methods of assessing renal function. The field of acute kidney injury in nephrology is a rapidly evolving one with research translating into clinical guidelines and standards. This text brings together experts to provide an authoritative reference for management of AKI in various clinical settings. Pregnancy related AKI is an important entity which has also been discussed in detail. The recent advances in the field of critical care AKI have been incorporated as well and help the reader to update their knowledge. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9535101390 9789535101390  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label>--Medical / Nephrology  	 --Medical / Clinical Medicine --Medical › Nephrology  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.614 SAH