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Renal disease is a major complication in diabetes and can be one of the main causes of end-stage renal failure.
This book highlights the development of diabetes mellitus, renal involvement and other comorbid conditions along with the latest therapeutic regimens.
Comprising 12 chapters, the text covers a range of topics including diabetic kidney disease, risk factors for diabetic nephropathy, pathophysiology, albuminuria, and diabetic nephropathy treatment (hyperglycaemia control and treatment of hypertension, and other therapies).
The second edition has been fully revised and updated with many new topics added.
A complete section is dedicated to the ever-advancing topic of cardiovascular morbidity and cardiorenal metabolic disease.
The book concludes with discussion on end-stage renal disease.
This practical guide is further enhanced by clinical photographs and figures.
The previous edition (9789351525721) published in 2015.
T Dhinakaran MD (General Medicine) MNAMS (General Medicine) DM (Nephrology)
Director and Chief Nephrologist, Madurai Kidney Centre and Transplantation Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India; Former President, Southern Chapter, Indian Society of Nephrology; Founder Secretary, Nephrology Association of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; Former Professor and Head, Department of Nephrology, Madurai Medical College and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu; Former Professor, Department of Nephrology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1. Diabetes Mellitus: A Worldwide Health Challenge
2. Diabetes and Kidney: Diabetic Kidney Disease
3. Risk Factors for Diabetic Nephropathy
4. Is Diabetic Nephropathy Preventable?
5. Pathophysiology of Diabetic Nephropathy
6. Albuminuria (A1 and A2) in Diabetic Nephropathy: Detection, Significance, and Relevance in Diabetic Kidney Disease
7. Diabetic Nephropathy Treatment: Hyperglycemia Control
8. Diabetic Nephropathy Treatment: Hypertension and Proteinuria Therapy
9. Diabetic Nephropathy: Other Therapies for Improving Renal Outcome
10. Diabetes and Kidney: Beyond Nephropathy
11. Diabetic Nephropathy and Cardiovascular Morbidity
12. Diabetic End-stage Renal Disease: Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel?