This text will review renal problems busy practitioners face in their daily practice. Experts in the field from around the country review the diagnosis and management of common disorders such as dehydration, hematuria, proteinuria, urinary tract infections, and hypertension as well as less common entities such as urolithiasis, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, drug effects on the kidney, and transplantation issues among others. Practicing pediatricians will update their knowledge on this very important aspect of the care for adolescents.
1. Hematuria in the Adolescent (Stapleton) 2. Proteinuria and the Nephrotic Syndrome (Hogg) 3. Glomerulonephritis (Lau) 4. Hypertension in Adolescents (Flynn) 5. Urinary Tract Infections Among Adolescents (Bonny) 6. Renal Manifestations of Sexually Transmitted Diseases of the Kidney (Abitbol) 7. Urolithiasis (Alon) 8. Acute Renal Failure in Adolescents (Boydstun) 9. Nephrotoxicity of Over-The-Counter Analgesics, Natural Medicines and Illicit Drugs (Blowey) 10. The Kidney and Sports (Patel) 11. Cancer and the Kidney (Keany) 12. Diabetes Mellitus and the Kidney (Ellis) 13. Chronic Renal Failure in Adolescents (Boydstun) 14. Renal Transplantation (Smith) 15. Urologic Problems in the Adolescent (Kirsch)
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