100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension

by Raymond R. Townsend, Debbie Cohen-Stein

Overview

Every year, high blood pressure causes more than 25,000 new cases of kidney failure in the Unit ed States. 100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Disease and Hypertension offers authoritative, up-to-date, practical answers about kidney disease, end-stage kidney failure, transplants, and dialysis. The book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this condition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763757762
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/28/2008
Series:	100 Questions and Answers Series
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Raymond R. Townsend, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hypertension Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He does clinical care of hypertension patients and research into the mechanisms of how blood pressure contributes to the worsening of kidney disease in patients with already impaired kidney function. Dr. Townsend also studies the development and progression of heart disease and stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease, efforts funded through the National Institutes of Health. He has board certifi cations in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Clinical Pharmacology, is a certified Hypertension Specialist by the American Society of Hypertension, a Fellow in the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. Dr. Townsend publishes in internal medicine, kidney, hypertension, and heart journals. He has a wonderful wife and four kids, two currently in college and two that are beyond college. And he makes a really tasty lasagna.

Debbie L. Cohen-Stein, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is Director of the Clinical Hypertension Program, where she takes care of patients with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and patients who are on dialysis. Dr. Cohen is also involved in clinical research in the areas of hypertension and chronic kidney disease with special clinical and research interest in pheochromocytoma. She has board certifications in both internal medicine and nephrology. Dr. Cohen publishes in internal medicine, kidney, and hypertension journals. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dr. Cohen has lived in the Unit ed States for 14 years. Her husband is also a physician and they have four wonderful sons.

Table of Contents

Part 1 General Information About Kidneys
Part 2 Diagnosis of Kidney Disease
Part 3 Hypertension and Kidney Disease
Part 4 Diabetes and Kidney Function
Part 5 Other Causes of Kidney Disease
Part 6 Treatment of Kidney Disease
Part 7 Kidney Stones
Part 8 Acute Renal Failure
Part 9 Further Information