Preface
Acknowledgements
Dedication
PartⅠ:Development,Structure,andFunction
1.BasicPrinciples
Overviewofthekidneyandurinarytract
Fluidcompartmentsofthebody
2.OrganizationoftheKidney
Generalorganizationofthekidney
Glomerularstructureandfunction
Transportprocessesintherenaltubule
Proximaltubule
LoopofHenle
3.RenalFunction
Renalbloodflowandtheglomerularfiltrationrate
Bodyfluidosmolality
Bodyfluidvolume
RegulationofbodyfluidpH
RegulationofK+,Ca2+,Mg2+,andPO43-
4.RenalFunctioninDisease
Systemicdiseasesthataffectrenalfunction
Interventionsinrenaldisease
5.LowerUrinaryTract
OrganizationoftheLowerurinarytract
Micturition
PartⅡ:ClinicalAssessment
6.TakingaHistory
Thehistory
Commonpresentationsofurinarydisease
7.ExaminationofthePatient
Generalinspection
Handsandlimbs
Thorax
Abdomen
8.InvestigationofthekidneyandUrinaryTract
Investigativetechniques
PartⅢ:BasicPathology
9.PathologyoftheKidney
Congenitalabnormalitiesofthekidney
Cysticdiseasesofthekidney
Diseasesoftheglomerulus
Glomerularlesionsinsystemicdisease
Diseasesofthetubulesandinterstitium
Diseasesoftherenalbloodvessels
Neoplasticdiseaseofthekidney
1.PathologyoftheUrinaryTract
Congenitalabnormalitiesoftheurinarytract
Urinarytractobstructionandurolithiasis
Inflammationoftheurinarytract
Neoplasticdiseaseoftheurinarytract
Disordersoftheprostate
PartⅣ:Self-assessment
Multiple-choiceQuestions
Short-answerQuestions
EssayQuestions
MCQAnswers
SAQAnswers
Index