Chapter 22. Kidney & Urinary Tract

Sections: History, Physical Examination, Laboratory Evaluation of Renal Function, Laboratory Evaluation of Immunologic Function, Radiographic Evaluation, Renal Biopsy, Congenital Anomalies of the Urinary Tract, Renal Parenchymal Anomalies, Distal Urinary Tract Anomalies, Hematuria & Glomerular Disease, Microhematuria, Glomerulonephritis, Acute Interstitial Nephritis, Proteinuria & Renal Disease, Congenital Nephrosis, Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome of Childhood (Nil Disease, Lipoid Nephrosis, Minimal Change Disease), Focal Glomerular Sclerosis, Mesangial Nephropathy (Mesangial Glomerulonephritis), Membranous Nephropathy (Membranous Glomerulonephritis), Diseases of the Renal Vessels, Renal Vein Thrombosis, Renal Arterial Disease, Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, Renal Failure, Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension, Inherited or Developmental Defects of the Kidneys, Disorders of the Renal Tubules, Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome (Lowe Syndrome), Congenital Hypokalemic Alkalosis (Bartter Syndrome & Gitelman Syndrome), Cystinosis, Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus, Nephrolithiasis, Urinary Tract Infections, Reference.