Nephrologists and other medical specialists from the US, India, Canada, and South Africa offer a textbook on nephrology that takes a conservative approach to practice. They address fluid, electrolytes, acid-base disorders, and calcium-phosphorus metabolism; renal failure, including cystic diseases of the kidney, acute and chronic urinary tract obstruction, bleeding disorders in renal failure, leptospirosis, drug dosing, and the pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of renal failure associated with severe congestive heart failure; hypertension, including pregnancy issues; glomerular disease; urinary stones; dialysis and transplantation; and pediatric issues. This edition has been revised and adds four new chapters on diabetes and its management, sexual dysfunction issues, the effects of high glucose on body function, and nondiabetic renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)