Nephrology Rounds.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 How Is the Urinalysis Helpful in Patients with Kidney Disease? -- 2 How Should Changes in Plasma Creatinine Be Interpreted? -- 3 What Is Fractional Excretion and How Does Measuring It Help in Clinical Practice? -- 4 What Is Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio? (Or Is It Protein-to-Creatinine Ratio?) -- 5 What Is the Meaning of the Urine-to-Plasma Creatinine Ratio? -- 6 Is It Helpful to Diagnose a Triple Acid-Base Disturbance? (Or Is It Just a Mental Exercise?) -- 7 Why Are Disorders of Sodium Concentration So Difficult? -- 8 What Is Free Water Clearance and How Useful Is It? -- 9 How Does One Interpret the Urine Anion Gap and Urine Osmolal Gap? -- 10 Is It "Acute Renal Failure" or "Acute Kidney Injury"? -- 11 What Exactly Is Dialysis and When Is It Needed? -- 12 When Does Metabolic Acidosis Require Treatment with Bicarbonate? -- 13 Is There Any Advantage to Colloids versus Crystalloids for Volume Repletion? -- 14 Is Computed Tomography with Contrast or Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Contrast Preferred in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease? -- 15 Is There a Risk to Rapidly Lowering the Plasma Potassium in Patients with Hyperkalemia? -- 16 Should Calcium-Based Phosphate Binders Be Used in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease? -- 17 Which Renal Cysts Require Follow-up Evaluation? -- 18 Are Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers Friends or Foes of the Kidneys? -- 19 Does a Patient with a Mild Decrease in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Really Have a Disease? -- 20 Why Are Kidney Stones a Nephrologic As Well As a Urologic Disease? -- Index.

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