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This volume was designed as a text for medical students, house
officers, and even clinicians. It deals with the most common
problems in nephrology, providing new insight into how to improve
clinical skills. A comprehensive overview of renal physiology and
electrolyte disorders lays the groundwork for a clear presentation
of the pathophysiological principles that underlie these disorders
and a step-by-step presentation of the mechanisms behind the signs
and symptoms of kidney failure. The origins of this book can be
traced to the teaching of a Renal Pathophysiology course at the
Washington University School of Medicine, beginning in the
mid-1960s. When changes in the medical school curriculum took place
in the early 1970s, an effort was made to synthesize the minimum
core curriculum for sophomore medical students, and the
distillation of "essential material" to be covered in the area of
renal pathophysiology led to the development of the first edition
of a renal syllabus. This syllabus has been used in our department
since 1974, and, following some of the recommendations and
critiques of students and faculty, it has been entirely reworked
many times to improve its effectiveness and value. This book is a
direct extension of that syllabus, integrated with contri butions
from faculty members in our Renal Division, and expanded to include
a section on therapy in most chapters. It is our hope that this
format will serve the needs of not only sophomore and senior
medical students, but also house officers, nephrology fellows, and
clinicians."
Volume 2 of Contnnporary Xephrology updates the major developments
which ha\'e occurred during the past 2 years in 15 major areas of
both basic and clinical nephrology. In addition, this volume has a
section, Chapter 8, \uitten by Drs. Pederson, Llach, and Papper,
from the Med- ical School at the Universitv of Oklahoma, which
reviews the recent developments on nonilwasive diagnostic
techniques in nephrology. The other chapters are presented in such
a way as to emphasize the major advances that have occurred in the
different areas in the last 2 years. In Chapter 1, Dr. Schafer
analyzes in detail the new information available regarding the
action of aldosterone both in anuran membranes and in the mammalian
kidney. Drs. Knox and Romero, in Chapter 2, update the information
accrued du ring the last 2 years in the area of renal hemodynamics
and sodium chloride excretion. In the area of renal me- tabolism
(Chapter 3), Schoolwerth, Little, and Idell-Wenger review in detail
the metabolism of lipids in the kidney and its potential relation
to renal function. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first
compre- hensive review of this subject in any textbook of
nephrology. Dr. Dunn provides an authoritative review of the major
advances in the rapidly expanding field of prostaglandins with
particular emphasis on renal prostaglandins (Chapter 4). Drs.
Batlle and Kurtzman update new con- cepts of acid-base phvsiology
and pathophysiology, and Dr.
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).
Volume 4 of Contemporary Nephrology summarizes major advances in 16
different areas of nephrology during the years 1985 and 1986. Major
changes in the composition of the Editorial Board and authorship of
the different chapters have occurred in this volume. Six
distinguished contributors have retired from the Editorial Board.
They include Dr. Zalman A. Agus, Philadelphia; Dr. Robert Anderson,
Denver; Dr. Eli Friedman, Brooklyn; Dr. Richard Glassock, Torrance,
California; Dr. James Schafer, Birmingham, Alabama; and Dr. Gordon
Williams, Bos ton. We are grateful to them for their outstanding
contributions to the of this series and for their advice and
suggestions as first three volumes members of the Editorial Board.
They certainly deserve substantial credit for the success of this
series. Seven outstanding academicians have joined the Board. They
in clude Dr. Vito M. Campese, Professor of Medicine at the
University of Southern California, who contributed the chapter on
"Recent Advances in the Role of the Renal Nervous System and Renin
in Hypertension"; Dr. William G. Couser, Professor of Medicine and
Head of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington
in Seattle ("Immunologic Aspects of Renal Disease"); Dr. Garabed
Eknoyan, Professor of Medicine and Vice Chairman of the Department
of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine ("The Uremic Syndrome");
Dr. H. David Humes, Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of
the Nephrology Section at the Uni versity of Michigan Medical
School, Veterans Administration Medical Center ("Acute Renal
Failure and Toxic Nephropathy"); Dr."
Volume 5 of Contemporary Nephrology summarizes major advances in 15
different areas of nephrology. As in previous volumes the different
chapters constitute up- of the discipline contributed by
individuals dates in both basic and clinical aspects with in-depth
expertise in their respective areas. We are grateful to the authors
for their outstanding contributions to this fifth volume. Drs.
Reuss and Cotton review in Chapter 1 new advances in our
understanding of water transport in epithelial tissues responsive
to antidiuretic hormone. In Chap- ters 2 and 3 Dr. Knox and Dr.
Schoolwerth and their associates summarize respec- tively new
information in the areas of renal hemodynamics and electrolyte
excre- tion, and renal metabolism. Chapter 4, written by Drs. Laski
and Kurtzman, updates recent developments in the regulation of
acid-base balance in health and disease. Chapter 5, contributed by
Drs. Sutton and Cameron, provides the reader with a detailed
account of progress in the area of mineral metabolism. In Chapter
6, Dr. Campese examines the contribution of sodium, calcium, and
neurogenic factors in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension.
The immunological aspects of renal disease are clearly discussed by
Dr. Couser in Chapter 7. New developments in this field are
emphasized and should provide the reader with a clear understanding
of the direction in which this field is moving. Drs. Humes and
Messana (Chapter 8) discuss selected areas in which new
developments have occurred in our understand- ing of acute renal
failure and toxic nephropathy.
This volume was designed as a text for medical students, house
officers, and even clinicians. It deals with the most common
problems in nephrology, providing new insight into how to improve
clinical skills. A comprehensive overview of renal physiology and
electrolyte disorders lays the groundwork for a clear presentation
of the pathophysiological principles that underlie these disorders
and a step-by-step presentation of the mechanisms behind the signs
and symptoms of kidney failure. The origins of this book can be
traced to the teaching of a Renal Pathophysiology course at the
Washington University School of Medicine, beginning in the
mid-1960s. When changes in the medical school curriculum took place
in the early 1970s, an effort was made to synthesize the minimum
core curriculum for sophomore medical students, and the
distillation of "essential material" to be covered in the area of
renal pathophysiology led to the development of the first edition
of a renal syllabus. This syllabus has been used in our department
since 1974, and, following some of the recommendations and
critiques of students and faculty, it has been entirely reworked
many times to improve its effectiveness and value. This book is a
direct extension of that syllabus, integrated with contri butions
from faculty members in our Renal Division, and expanded to include
a section on therapy in most chapters. It is our hope that this
format will serve the needs of not only sophomore and senior
medical students, but also house officers, nephrology fellows, and
clinicians."
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