Chronic kidney disease : a practical guide to understanding and management / edited by A. Meguid El Nahas and Adeera Levin. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xviii, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Oxford clinical nephrology series . - Oxford clinical nephrology series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Practical approaches to the diagnosis and management of common nephrological problems / Bisher Kawar ... [et al.] -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) : the scope of the global problem / Anne T. Reutens and Robert C. Atkins -- Chronic kidney disease : classification, risk factors, and natural history / Macellus Assiago, Andrew S. Levey, and Lesley A. Stevens -- Recommendations for screening and detection of chronic kidney disease -- Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease / Daniel E. Weiner and Mark J. Sarnak -- Chronic kidney disease and infectious disease / Kar Neng Lai, Andrew S.H. Lai, and Sydney C.W. Tang -- Unique aspects of chronic kidney disease in the developing countries / Rashad Barsoum -- Management of chronic kidney disease : controlling hypertension and reducing proteinuria / Aimun Ahmed, Fairol H. Ibrahim, and Meguid El Nahas -- Clinical strategies for the management of chronic kidney disease complications : perspectives for primary care / Monica Beaulieu, Neil Boudville, and Adeera Levin -- Management of dialysis and transplantation patients : perspectives for primary
.care / Monica Beaulieu, Jagbir Gill, and Adeera Levin

9780199549313 (alk. paper) 0199549311 (alk. paper)

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Chronic renal failure.
Chronic renal failure--Treatment.
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic--therapy.

RC918.R4 / C576 2009

616.614 / CHK