Overview of Kidney Transplantation
Overview of Kidney Transplantation Rowena Delos Santos General Principles Over 500,000 people in the United States have end-stage renal disease (ESRD), with over 100,000 new cases of ESRD yearly.1 Treatment…
NEPHROLOGY
Principles of Drug Dosing in Renal Impairment
Principles of Drug Dosing in Renal Impairment Bethany Tellor Jennifer Hagopian Introduction One of the most significant drug-related errors in patients with renal impairment is inappropriate medication dosing leading to…
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Brittany Heady Tingting Li General Principles Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood separation procedure in which a large volume of plasma is separated from the…
Continuous and Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapies
Continuous and Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapies Fahad Edrees Anitha Vijayan Modalities of Renal Replacement Therapy The available modalities for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the hospital are: Intermittent hemodialysis…
Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis
Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Lisa Koester Brent Miller Peritoneal Dialysis General Principles Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a form of renal replacement therapy that utilizes the patient’s peritoneal membrane and…
Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis Frank O’Brien General Principles The loss of kidney function in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) results in uremia and an impairment in regulation of fluids and electrolytes. Without intervention, ESRD…
Onconephrology
Onconephrology Monica Chang-Panesso Benjamin D. Humphreys Introduction The advent of numerous targeted chemotherapy agents and improvements in hematopoietic stem cell transplants over the past two decades have significantly improved the…
Secondary Causes of Hypertension
Secondary Causes of Hypertension Randy Laine Patricia F. Kao Introduction This chapter will cover nonrenovascular etiologies of secondary hypertension (sHTN), focusing specifically on hormonal and monogenic causes. The work-up for…
Renal Artery Stenosis and Renovascular Hypertension
Renal Artery Stenosis and Renovascular Hypertension Reem Daloul Aubrey Morrison General Principles The structural finding of a narrowed renal artery lumen defines renal artery stenosis (RAS). Renal vascular hypertension (RVHTN)…
Nephrolithiasis
Nephrolithiasis Seth Goldberg General Principles Kidney stones are crystalline structures in the urinary tract that have achieved sufficient size to cause symptoms or be visible by radiographic imaging techniques. Most…
