Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology: Text with CD-ROM

by Richard J. Johnson, John Feehally

The second edition of Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology will build on the strengths of the first edition to bring the reader the most up-to-date information on every clinical condition encountered in nephrology in one concise but comprehensive, clinically focussed volume.

Every chapter has been fully revised and updated, with new chapters on renal disease in the elderly, management of renal diseases in septic shock or the ICU setting, and urologic conditions of relevance to the nephrologist. There is much greater coverage of the surgical management of renal stone disease, the management of renal disease in the ICU, acute pancreatitis and Leptospirosis as causes of acute renal failure, renal, bladder and prostate malignancy, and much more.

Clinically focussed and highly illustrated in full colour throughout, Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology is an invaluable bedside resource for the trainee or practicing clinician in nephrology, internal medicine or critical care.

1245 pages, Hardcover

First published December 3, 1999

About the author

Richard J. Johnson, M.D. is a practicing physician and clinical scientist who is internationally recognized for his seminal work on the role of sugar and its component fructose, in obesity and diabetes. His new book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat, tells of the discovery of a biological switch that helps animals become fat and insulin resistant to help them survive periods of food shortage. Work led by the author and his research team have shown that this switch is turned on in many people and is playing a key role in the obesity epidemic. This has led to significant breakthroughs in both understanding the cause of obesity as well as how to prevent or treat it. His science is highly regarded and highly cited, and he has published over 700 papers. He previously authored The Sugar Fix with Timothy Gower in 2008 (Rodale) and The Fat Switch in 2012 (Mercola.com) He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver. He lives in Aurora, Colorado with his wife, Olga, children, Tracy and Ricky, and two miniature golden doodles

Reviews

[Bjørn Borud]

I am not a medical professional, so in order to read this I had to read a bit of immunology and biochemistry along the way, but even so, I found this book to be very useful for understanding kidney disease.