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VOLUME 1
Oxford Textbook of
Clinical
Nephrology
FOURTH EDITION
Edited by
Managing Editors Section Editors
Neil Turner William G. Bennett
Norbert Lameire Jeremy R. Chapman
David J. Goldsmith Adrian Covic
Christopher G. Winearls Marc E. De Broe
Jonathan Himmelfarb Vivekanand Jha
Giuseppe Remuzzi Neil Sheerin
Robert Unwin
Adrian Woolf
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Preface
We have almost completely rewritten the Oxford Textbook of Our authorship and editorship are substantially changed and
Clinical Nephrology for its fourth edition. That was a big deci- even more international than before, with representation from
sion for a very successful book, but there were several important every continent except Antarctica. Our coverage of global topics is
drivers. substantially enhanced. There is an entirely new section on genetic
Huge developments in nephrology and medicine more broadly diseases, and substantially increased coverage for the patient with
were only part of the reasoning. First, we wanted a text that would a renal transplant. We have completely revised and combined pre-
adapt easily to presentation in multiple formats—on paper and vious sections on tubular disorders and electrolytes, achieving
also electronically on different devices. Shorter (but more) chap- greater clarity and reduced duplication. There is new material on
ters seemed an important part of this, but meant reviewing the renal disease in childhood and old age, together with a completely
organization of the entire book. However, this also helped us to new set of chapters on renal disease in pregnancy.
meet our second objective, which was to make it easier to get The book is no longer but we believe it is substantially enhanced.
quick answers to specific questions. And third, we wanted a struc- This has been a huge project for the editors, project managers, and
ture that would aid updating in the future, both on paper and production team—but ultimately, a very rewarding one. We hope
electronically. you will agree that it has been worthwhile.
Summary of Contents
VOLUME 1 SECTION 7
The patient with urinary tract
SECTION 1
infection
Assessment of the patient with renal 1491
Edited by Neil Sheerin
disease
1
Edited by Christopher G. Winearls
SECTION 8
The patient with infections causing
SECTION 2
renal disease
The patient with fluid, electrolyte, and 1543
Edited by Vivekanand Jha
renal tubular disorders
169
Edited by Robert Unwin and Pascal Houillier
SECTION 9
The patient with urinary stone
SECTION 3
disease
The patient with glomerular 1629
Edited by Marc E. De Broe
disease
423
Edited by Neil Turner
SECTION 10
The patient with hypertension
SECTION 4 1723
Edited by Neil Turner
The patient with interstitial disease
667
Edited by Adrian Covic
SECTION 11
The patient with acute
SECTION 5
kidney injury (and critical care
The patient with reduced renal
nephrology)
function 1829
739
Edited by Norbert Lameire
Edited by David J. Goldsmith
VOLUME 3
VOLUME 2
SECTION 12
SECTION 6
The patient on dialysis
The patient with another primary 2159
Edited by Jonathan Himmelfarb
diagnosis
1197
Edited by Giuseppe Remuzzi
viii summary of contents
SECTION 13 SECTION 16
The transplant patient The patient with structural and
2343
Edited by Jeremy R. Chapman congenital abnormalities 2813
Edited by Adrian Woolf
SECTION 14
Renal disease at different stages of life SECTION 17
(infancy, adolescence, pregnancy, old Drugs and renal disease
2883
age) 2519 Edited by William G. Bennett
Edited by Norbert Lameire and Neil Turner
SECTION 18
SECTION 15 Nephrology in the future
2925
The patient with genetic renal Edited by Neil Turner
disease
2589
Edited by Neil Turner
Contributors
Dwomoa Adu Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Vicente Arroyo Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of
Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Behdad Afzali Medical Research Council Centre for Carla Maria Avesani Department of Applied Nutrition, Nutrition
Transplantation, King’s College London, London; NIHR Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS
Foundation Trust, London; King’s College London, Fred E. Avni Department of Medical Imaging, University Clinics
London, UK; and Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Molecular of Brussels—Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institutes
Seema Baid-Agrawal Division of Nephrology and Medical
of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National
Intensive Care, Department of Medicine, Charite Medical
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
University, Berlin, Germany
Rajiv Agarwal Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine,
Colin Baigent Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University; and
Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health,
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Tomas Thor Agustsson Department of Endocrinology and
Matthew A. Bailey The British Heart Foundation Centre
Metabolic Medicine, Landspitali; and The National University
for Cardiovascular Science, The University of Edinburgh,
Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Edinburgh, UK
Bassam Alchi Renal Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
Richard Baker Renal Unit, St. James’s University Hospital,
Cambridge, UK
Leeds, UK
Helen Alderson Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University
Joanne Bargman University of Toronto, Toronto; University
of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Health Network, Toronto; and Toronto General Hospital,
Ased Ali Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Toronto, ON, Canada
Richard D. M. Allen University of Sydney, Sydney; and Royal Rashad S. Barsoum Cairo University, The Cairo Kidney Centre,
Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Cairo, Egypt
Michael Allon Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Philip Beales Molecular Medicine Unit, UCL Institute of Child
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA Health, London, UK
Halima Amer King’s College London BHF Centre, The Rayne Monica Beaulieu Division of Nephrology, University of British
Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Corinne Antignac Molecular Genetics Laboratories and Aminu K. Bello Division of Nephrology & Immunology,
Paediatrics, Inserm U983, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Paris, France
Rinaldo Bellomo Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital,
Mugurel Apetrii Clinic of Nephrology, ‘C. I. Parhon’ University Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
Hospital, ‘Gr. T. Popa’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Iasi, Romania
