Acid Base and Electrolyte Disorders - A Companion to Brenner and Rector's The Kidney

. Acid Base Disorders

Regulation of whole body acid-base balance
Urinary acidification
Diagnosis of simple and mixed disorders
Metabolic acidosis
Ketoacidosis
Lactic acidosis
Metabolic alkalosis
Respiratory acidosis
Respiratory alkalosis
Acid-base disorders in the critical care setting
Renal tubular acidosis
The acidosis of CRF


II. Water

Cell biology of vasopressin and the aquaporins
Hyponatremia
Hypernatremia and the polyuric disorders


III. Electrolytes: Sodium

Sodium transport in the kidney
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
The edematous disorders
Salt washing
Genetic disorders of renal electrolyte transport
Electrolyte abnormalities in the ICU


IV. Electrolytes: Potassium

Regulation of renal potassium transport
Hypokalemia
Hyperkalemia
Aldosterone deficiency and resistance


V. Electrolytes: Divalent Ions

1. Renal regulation of calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus
2. Abnormal calcium and magnesium metabolism
3. Hypophosphatemia and hyperphosphatemia
4. Idiopathic hypercalciuria and renal stone disease