cover image - Crash Course Renal and Urinary System Updated Edition: Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780723439158
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 08-10-2016
Page Count: 154
Imprint: Mosby Ltd.
List Price: $34.99

Crash Course Renal and Urinary System Updated Edition: Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Timothy L. Jones, MBChB (Hons), Daniel Horton-Szar, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCGP and Kevin P. G. Harris

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Crash Course Renal and Urinary System Updated Edition: Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780723439158
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 08-10-2016
Page Count: 154
Imprint: Mosby Ltd.
List Price: $34.99
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Each provides an integrated approach to the subject by linking together topics such as anatomy, development, histology, physiology and pharmacology. Diseases and complaints, clerking, clinical assessment and examination, common skills and further investigations are also covered.

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  • Part I: Basic medical science of the renal and urinary systems:
    Basic Principles
    Organization of the Kidneys
    Renal Function
    The Kidneys in Disease
    The Lower Urinary Tract

    Part II: Clinical assessment:
    Common Presentations of Renal Disease
    History and Examination
    Investigation and Imaging

    Part III: Self-assessment

  • Timothy L. Jones, MBChB (Hons), Emergency Medicine Junior Clinical Fellow, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK, Daniel Horton-Szar, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCGP, Northgate Medical Practice, Canterbury, Kent, UK and Kevin P. G. Harris, Clinical Director Renal Services and Urology, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
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