Landmark Papers in Nephrology

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-969925-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 939 g

Reihe: Landmark Papers in

Landmarks in Nephrology points the reader to some of the seminal observations which have led to the practice of nephrology as we know it today.

Twenty areas of nephrology are covered by discrete chapters, with the editors selecting the ten most important papers ever published in that field. These range from observational and experimental studies from the 18th century, which laid the groundwork for our current understanding of the kidney, through to recent randomized controlled clinical trials. The papers also reflect the emergence of nephrology as a speciality in the last fifty years, stimulated particularly by the introduction of
renal biopsy and the development of dialysis and transplantation as effective forms of renal replacement therapy. For each paper, there is a succinct commentary which highlights the importance of the work in its historical context, as well as a recommended reading section to encourage the interested
reader to explore further.

It is of course a near-impossible task to choose only two hundred papers from the whole oeuvre of nephrology. However, these chosen few are undoubtedly among the great landmarks of nephrology, reflecting the varying coincidences of brilliance, persistence, and good fortune which are necessary for progress in medical science. Encompassing the breadth, range and depth of the intellectual journey which precedes us in the development of nephrology, they provide a telling illustration of Sir Isaac
Newton's words to Robert Hooke in 1675: 'If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants'.

Zielgruppe

Essential reading for clinical nephrologists (adult and paediatric), renal pathologists, and any student of medical history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feehally, John

McIntyre, Christopher

Cameron, J Stewart

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Nephrologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Andrew Salmon: Glomerular Structure & Function
2: Robert J. Unwin and Stephen B. Walsh: Tubular Structure & Function
3: Guy H. Neild: Investigation of Renal Disease
4: Katherine A. Hillman and Adrian S. Woolf: Inherited Renal Disease
5: J. Stewart Cameron: Glomerular Disease before 1950
6: Richard J. Glassock: Primary Glomerular Disease since 1950
7: Richard J. Glassock: Secondary Glomerular Disease
8: Trevor Gerntholtz: Infection and Renal Disease
9: Eberhard Ritz and John Feehally: Diabetes and renal disease
10: Dharmvir Jaswal and Adeera Levin: Acute Kidney Injury
11: Maarten Taal: Chronic Kidney Disease
12: Nathan W. Levin and Thomas A. Depner: Haemodialysis
13: Jan H. M. Tordoir: Vascular Access for Haemodialysis
14: Martin Wilkie and Sarah Jenkins: Peritoneal Dialysis
15: Aisling Courtenay: Transplantation
16: Christopher W. McIntyre: Cardiovascular disease
17: John Cunningham: Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease
18: Christopher G. Winearls: Renal Anaemia
19: Robert N. Foley: Clinical Epidemiology
20: Fredric O. Finkelstein and Susan H. Finkelstein: Health-related quality of life and the patient perspective

Über Autor(innen)

John Feehally is Consultant Nephrologist at Leicester General Hospital, and Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester. His particular clinical interests are in glomerulonephritis and renal transplantation. His major laboratory research programme is in immune renal disease, especially IgA nephropathy. He was President of the UK Renal Association [2004-2007], and is now President of the International Society of Nephrology [2011-2013].

Prof Chris McIntyre graduated in Medicine from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (London University). Specialising in renal disease, Dr McIntyre was initially a registrar at University College Hospitals in London prior to becoming a Lecturer in Nephrology at The Royal London Hospitals.

Prof McIntyre leads a team of multidisciplinary researchers focussed largely on the pathophysiology of the widespread abnormalities of cardiovascular function and body composition in chronic kidney disease patients. These studies have increasingly focussed on the adverse consequences resulting from dialysis therapy itself.

J. Stewart Cameron is Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, King's College London (Guy's Hospital). He was President of the International Society of Nephrology from 1993 to 1995. His interests include the growth and formation of science-based studies
of the kidney from the eighteenth century onwards.