Description: Volume 1:1. Assessment of the patient with renal diseaseHistory and clinical examination of the patient with renal diseaseUrinalysis and microscopyRenal function and testing of functionRenal function in the newborn infantRenal function in the elderlyVisualizing the kidneyConventional uroradiology and contrast mediaRenal ultrasonography (including Doppler echography)Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the kidney and upper urinary tractRenal angiographyNuclear imaging in nephrologyUrology imaging tacticsRenal biopsy: performance and interpretation2. The patient with fluid , electrolyte, and divalent ion disordersHypo-hypernatraemia: disorders of water balanceHypo- hyperkalaemiaHypo-hypercalcaemiaHypo-hyperphosphataemiaHypo-hypermagnesaemiaClinical acid-base disorders3. The patient with glomerular diseaseThe renal glomerulus - the structural basis of ultrafiltrationImmune mechanisms of glomerular damageMechanisms of glomerular injuryThe patient with proteinuria and/or haematuriaThe nephrotic syndrome: management, complications, and pathophysiologyMinimal changes and focal segmental glomerular sclerosisIgA nephropathiesMembranous nephropathyMesangiocapillary glomerulonephritisAcute endocapillary glomerulonephritisCrescentic glomerulonephritisAntiglomerular basement membrane diseaseInfection-related glomerulonephritisMalignancy-associated glomerulonephritisGlomerular disease in the tropicsVolume 2:4. The kidney in systemic diseaseThe patient with diabetes mellitusThe patient with amyloid or immunotactoid glumerulonephropathyAmyloidosisImmunotactoid glomerulopathy (''fibrillary'' nephritis)Kidney involvement in plasma cell dyscrasiasThe patient with sarcoidosisThe patient with vasculitisPathogenesis of angiitisThe nephritis of Henoch-Schnlein purpuraSystemic vasculitisThe patient with mixed cryoglobulinaemia and hepatitis C infectionThe patient with systemic lupus erythematosusThe pathogenesis of systemic lupusSystemic lupus erythematosus (clinical)The patient with scleroderma-systemic sclerosisThe patient with rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective disease and polymyositisThe patient with Sjgren''s syndrome and overlap syndromesThe patient with sickle cell disease5. The patient with tubular diseaseFanconi syndromeIsolated defects of tubular functionRenal tubular acidosisHypokalemic tubular disorders: the hyperprostaglandin E syndrome and Gitelman-Bartter syndromeNephrogenic diabetes insipidus6. The patient with chronic interstitial diseaseMechanisms of interstitial inflammationAnalgesic nephropathyNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the kidneyUric acid and the kidneyHeavy metals and the kidneyRadiationLithiumBalkan nephropathy7. The patient with urinary tract infectionMicrobiology and defences of the urinary tractHost factors in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infectionLower and upper urinary tract infection in the adultUrinary tract infection in infancy and childhoodRenal tuberculosisSchistosomiasisFungal infections and the kidney8. The patient with renal stone diseaseAetiological factors in stone formationThe medical management of stone diseaseThe surgical management of renal stonesNephrocalcinosis9. The patient with renal hypertensionClinical approach to hypertensionThe kidney and control of blood pressureClinical investigation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone systemThe effects of hypertension on renal vasculature and structureIschaemic nephropathyHypertension and unilateral renal parenchymal diseaseRenovascular hypertensionAccelerated hypertensionThe hypertensive child10. Acute renal failureEpidemiology of acute renal failureThe pathophysiology of acute renal failureThe clinical approach to the patient with acute renal failureRenal replacement methods in acute renal failureDialysis and haemoperfusion treatment of acute poisoningSpecial acute renal failure problemsGlomerulonephritis, vasculitis, and the nephrotic syndromeAcute interstitial nephritisAcute renal failure associated with microangiopathyAcute renal failure in liver diseaseIschaemic renal diseaseHantavirus diseaseAcute renal failure in a special settingInfants and childrenPregnancyTropical countriesThe elderlyVolume 3:11. The patient with failing renal functionMechanisms of experimental and clinical renal scarringAssessment and initial management of the patient with failing renal functionThe patient with uraemiaGeneis of the uraemic syndromeMetabolic disordersEndocrine disordersSexual disordersHypertension and cardiac problemsGastrointestinal effects and liver disordersHaematological disordersSkeletal disordersEffects on the immune responseCoagulation disordersDermatological disordersNeuropsychiatric disorders12. The dialysis patientVascular accessHaemodialysis, haemofiltration, and complications of technigueAdequacy of dialysisMedical management of the dialysis patientPsychological aspects of treatment for renal failure13. The transplant patientPreparation of the recipientTransplant immunologyTherapeutic approach to renal transplantationManagement of the transplant recipientLong-term results and complicationsCyclosporin nephrotoxicity14. Specific problems in chronic renal insufficiencyChronic renal failure in childrenChronic renal failure in the elderlyChronic renal failure due to diabetes mellitus15. The pregnant patientThe normal renal physiological changes which occur during pregnancyRenal complications that may occur in pregnancyPregnancy in patients with underlying renal diseasePregnancy-induced hypertension16. The patient with inherited diseaseThe molecular genetics of inherited renal diseaseCystic diseasesPolycystic kidney disease in childrenAutosomal-dominant polycystic renal diseaseNephronophthisis CInherited glomerular diseasesAlport''s syndromeAnderson-Fabry disease and other inherited metabolic storage disorders with significant renal involvementNail-patella syndrome and other rare inherited disorders with glomerular involvementCongenital nephrotic syndromeInherited metabolic diseases of the kidneyCystinosisThe primary hyperoxaluriasInherited disorders of purine metabolism and transportRenal involvement in tuberous sclerosis and von Hippel-Lindau diseaseSome rare inherited syndromes with renal involvement17. The patient with structural and congenital abnormalitiesVesicoureteric reflux and reflux nephropathyThe patient with urinary tract obstructionCongenital abnormalities of the urinary tractMedullary ''sponge'' kidney18. The patient with malignancy of the kidney and renal tractRenal carcinoma and other tumoursWilms'' tumourTumours of the renal pelvis and ureterTumours of the bladderTumours of the prostate19. Pharmacology and drug use in kidney patientsDrug-induced nephropathiesHandling of drugs in kidney diseaseAction and clinical use of diuretics20. Other organ systems in relation to kidney diseasesRheumatology and the kidneyDiseases of the skin and kidneyGastrointestinal disease and the kidneyLiver disease and the kidneyOncology and the kidneyThe neurological system and the kidneyThe cardiorespiratory system and the kidneyHaematology and the kidneyThe eye and the kidney

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