Issues in Kidney Disease – Acute Kidney Injury

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Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN (Editor) – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Kidney Associates, Houston, TX, USA
Ahmed Arslan Yousuf Awan (Editor) – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Series: Issues in Kidney Disease Series
BISAC: MED055000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/OWCU8763

Issues in Kidney Disease–Acute Kidney Injury is a collection of nineteen independent chapters written by internationally renowned authors, covering a wide range of topics, including the basic concepts and management of acute kidney injury (AKI), contrast induced nephropathy, acute tubular necrosis, interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, obstructive uropathy, COVID-19, cardiorenal and hepatorenal syndrome. This book also addresses kidney injury in specialized populations like pregnant patients and patients with kidney transplant. A whole chapter is also dedicated to imaging in patients with kidney injury.

This book will appeal to renal fellows, nephrologists, and practicing physicians involved in the care of AKI patients in critical care units and medical floors, including all those interested in the advances and innovations undergoing in this field. It brings timely and updated reviews and addresses trends, challenges, and controversies of kidney injury.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1. Acute Kidney Injury – A Primer
(Joseph Alge – Department of Pediatrics, Section of Renal, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 2. Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
(Vishnu Parvathareddy, Jenny S. Pan – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, et al.)

Chapter 3. Principles of Management of Acute Kidney Injury
(Michael W. Holliday, Jr. – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 4. Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury – Biomarkers and Other Novel Tests
(Ingrid Hougen, Edward Clark, Swapnil Hiremath – Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, et al.)

Chapter 5. Non-invasive Imaging in Acute Kidney Injury
(Forrest F. Lindsay-McGinn, Ira H. Blau, Devin M. McKelvey, Nathaniel C. Reisinger – Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 6. Obstructive Uropathy
(Jacob Kraus, James Anaissie, Utsav K. Bansal, Richard E. Link, Wesley A. Mayer – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, et al.)

Chapter 7. Acute Tubular Injury – Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications
(Micah Schub, Solomiia Savedchuk, Sebastian Franco, Matthew A. Sparks – Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA, et al.)

Chapter 8. Acute Interstitial Nephritis
(George M. Dolson – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 9. Contrast Induced Acute Kidney Injury
(Sehrish Ali – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 10. Acute Kidney Injury in Acute Glomerulonephritis
(Kiran Chintam, Kartik Kalra – Department of Nephrology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 11. Acute Kidney Injury Secondary to Dysproteinmias
(Sohail Riaz, Pascale Khairallah – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, et al.)

Chapter 12. Acute Kidney Injury and COVID-19
(Stephen Z. Fadem – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Kidney Associates, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 13. Kidney Injury Associated with Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
(Kavitha Ramaswamy, Samuel Y. Suen, Vidhi A. Gandhi, Hector Madariaga, Beje Thomas, Annelise Nolan, Edgar V. Lerma – Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital, Department of Medicine, Chambersburg, PA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 14. Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Cardiorenal Disease
(Carl P. Walther – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 15. Hepatorenal Syndrome
(Juan Carlos Q. Velez, Luis A. Juncos – Department of Nephrology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 16. Acute Kidney Injury in Malignancy
(Omar Mamlouk, Harini Bejjanki, Biruh Workeneh – The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, et al.)

Chapter 17. Principles of Drug Therapy in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
(Chandan Vangala – Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA)

Chapter 18. Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy
(Sayna Norouzi, James Yoon, Amir Abdi Pour, Silvi Shah – Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA, et al.)

Chapter 19. Acute Kidney Injury After Kidney Transplantation
(Amna Ilahe, Amanda Condon, Van N. NGO, Irfan A. Agha – Dallas Renal Group, PA, USA, Methodist Dallas Medical Center Transplant Center, Dallas, TX, USA, et al.)

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