Acute Renal Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment

1. Pathophysiology of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure.- 2. Different Forms of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure in Humans.- 3. Prevention of Ischemic/Toxic Acute Renal Failure in Humans.- 4. Pathology of Acute Renal Failure.- 5. Endocrine System in Acute Renal Failure.- 6. Coagulation System in Acute Renal Failure.- 7. Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Renal Failure.- 8. Renal Biopsy in Acute Renal Failure: Its Indications and Usefulness.- 9. Renal Radiology and Acute Renal Failure.- 10. Non-oliguric Acute Renal Failure.- 11. Hepatorenal Syndrome.- 12. Myoglobinuria and Acute Renal Failure.- 13. Acute Renal Failure in Glomerular Disease.- 14. Vascular Nephropathies and Acute Renal Failure in Adults.- 15. Acute Renal Failure Associated with Leptospirosis.- 16. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.- 17. Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy.- 18. Acute Renal Failure in Infancy and Childhood.- 19. Acute Obstructive Renal Failure (Post-renal Failure).- 20. Acute Renal Failure Following Renal Transplantation.- 21. Conservative Management and General Care of Patients with Acute Renal Failure.- 22. Nutritional Management of Acute Renal Failure.- 23. Treatment of Acute Renal Failure by Hemodialysis.- 24. Treatment of Acute Renal Failure by Peritoneal Dialysis.- 25. Long-term Follow-up of Renal Function after Recovery from Acute Tubular Necrosis.

`No doubt than it well deserves its place in the library of the young and less young nephrologists both interested mainly in the clinical practice or in research.'
Nephron (1986)
`The book is an up-to-date and valuable compendium of current knowledge in the clinical management of acute renal failure.'
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 78 (1985)