Renal

Measurement of Renal Function ............ 102

Salt and Water Handling ........................ 103

Sodium Handling .............................. 103

Syndromes ........................................ 104

Water Handling ................................. 105

Hyponatraemia .................................. 105

Hypernatraemia ................................. 108

Acid-Base balance.................................. 108

Acute Renal Failure ............................... 111

Chronic Kidney Disease......................... 113

Renal Replacement Therapy .................. 117

Dialysis ............................................. 117

Kidney Transplantation..................... 119

Glomerular Diseases .............................. 124

Glomerulonephritis Background ....... 124

Nephritic Syndrome .......................... 125

Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ..................... 126

Nephrotic Syndrome ......................... 126

Glomerulonephritis with generally Nephritic Presentation................. 127

Glomerulonephritis with Generally

Nephrotic Presentation................ 129

Glomerular Deposition Diseases....... 130

Glomerular-Vascular Syndromes ...... 131

Infectious Diseases damaging the Glomerulus ................................. 131

Renal Tubular Diseases .......................... 132

Renal Tubular Acidosis..................... 132

Cystic Renal Disease......................... 133

Other Cystic Diseases ....................... 134

Nephrolithiasis ....................................... 134

Infections of the Renal Tract .................. 135