Lesson of nephrology - A pocket-size handbook of Renal Disease - Softcover

Antonio Dal Canton; Teresa Rampino

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8821453294 ISBN 13: 9788821453298

Publisher: Edra, 2020

Synopsis

Lessons of nephrology is a brief introduction to the scientific basis of the discipline. It covers all the topics providing the essential information to reach the correct diagnosis and to manage the kidneys diseases. A large part of he book is dedicate to the disorders of volume and ion composition of body fluids because they are related with symptoms that occur in diseases of heart, liver, gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, adrenal gland or after surgery, trauma and infections. Based on the Author's didactic experience each chapter includes: "Take it home" box that synthesizes the content of a chapter in a few sentences; "Curious questions" box, a guess game of unexpected questions with surprising answers; "Tricky case?" box that involves the reader in a clinical case presented with declared deceptive intention.

About this title

About the Author

Antonio Dal Canton, Former Professor of Nephrology, Universitą degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy Teresa Rampino, Head of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Unit, San Matteo Research Hospital, Pavia, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Edra
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 8821453294
• ISBN 13: 9788821453298
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192