Management of Kidney Diseases, 1st ed. 2022

This book provides an evidence based guide to the management of common kidney conditions. Concise and highly structured chapters outline a diagnosis and treatment framework for kidney diseases encountered within daily practice. Particular attention is given to the management of chronic kidney disease, genetic kidney diseases, cardiovascular complications, haemodialysis, kidney cancer, peritoneal dialysis, and kidney transplantation.

Management of Kidney Disease: A Practical Guide aims to improve outcomes for patients with kidney diseases and is relevant to trainee and practising nephrologists, as well as healthcare professional treating kidney diseases.

1. The Approach to the patient with kidney disease.- 2. Investigating Kidney Disease.- 3. Proteinuria and Haematuria.- 4. Acute Kidney Injury.- 5. Chronic kidney disease(CKD) – evaluation of the cause and prevention of progression.- 6. CKD: Management and Prognosis.- 7. Management of anaemia in chronic kidney disease.- 8. Blood pressure in CKD.- 9. Mineral and Bone Disorder in CKD.- 10. Diabetes and CKD.- 11. Cardiovascular Complications of CKD.- 12. Glomerular disease: Primary.- 13. Glomerulonephritis: Secondary and Renal Vasculitis.- 14. Infections and the Kidney.- 15. Genetic Kidney Diseases.- 16. Kidney Cancer.- 17. Hemodialysis in Clinical Practice.- 18. Complications of Haemodialysis.- 19. Peritoneal dialysis.- 20. Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis: Prevention and Management.- 21. Kidney Transplantation: The pre-transplantation recipient and donor work-up.- 22. Management of patient after kidney transplantation.- 23. Complications of Kidney Transplantation.- 24. Approach to Obstetric Nephrology.- 25. Transitional Care of Adolescents and Young Adult Patients with Kidney Disease.- 26. Conservative Care for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.- 27. Acid/Base and Electrolyte.- 28. The role of Renal Registries.

Professor Debasish Banerjee is a clinical nephrologist managing CKD, dialysis and kidney transplant patients with special expertise in cardiovascular complications, hypertension, heart failure and diabetes. As a member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, and following his establishment of a unique “kidney failure - heart failure” clinic at St George’s, he has contributed towards international strategies for managing CKD patients with cardiovascular disease and heart failure. As part of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Renal Association Clinical Study Group, he has contributed towards the national guidelines for the management of CKD patients with the added complication of diabetes. As a keen researcher in cardiovascular complications he has received research grants from the British Heart Foundation, Kidney Research UK, the Wellcome Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity and St Georges’ Hospital Charity. As a member of Kidney Research UK’s cardiorenal study group and as a reviewer for the MRC, NIHR, and Kidney Research UK, he has been involved in reviewing research in the cardiovascular complications of CKD in the UK. He serves the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) action of clinical trials as the co-chair for patient engagement group, to improve patient involvement in international nephrology trials. He has won many teaching awards including the ‘Best Undergraduates Medicine Teacher Award’ at St George’s, an ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’ at St George’s, a ‘Distinguished Teacher Award’ from University College London, the ‘Inpatient Student Teaching award’ at the University of Miami and  ‘Overall Contribution to Education Award’ from St George’s Hospital. He successfully supervised several MD and BSc research students. Professor Banerjee has fostered several international collaborations as the lead for the ISN India-UK Sister Centre program and as an ISN educational ambass

Follows KDIGO guidelines for management

Contains multiple choice questions to aid self-assessment

Written from a global perspective by experts in the field