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The second edition of this essential work presents how to diagnose, treat and develop an appropriate management plan for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Significantly updated chapters cover the fundamental sciences associated with CKD, its clinical assessment, evaluation, management of risk factors, along with cardiovascular disease in the context of CKD. Detailed insight is provided on how to assess for and manage a variety of CKD complications and special circumstances in CKD patients. The path to renal replacement therapy is also thoroughly described. New topics featured include associated rheumatic and electrolyte disorders. Furthermore, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are presented according to the latest staging system for CKD, with patient care being discussed separately for each disease stage. The book also recognizes the needs of busy clinicians by including helpful boxes summarizing the evidence on diagnostic and therapeutic issues and practice pearls based upon the latest guidelines. Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Clinician’s Guide is a comprehensive practically applicable guide to the management of patients with CKD. Its didactic features enable the reader to quickly identify the key points covered and disseminate the information they require, making it a valuable resource for all practicing and trainee medical practitioners who encounter these patients..

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Mustafa ARICI, MD., is Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Hacettepe University in Ankara-TURKEY. He is member of the Science Academy of TURKEY, Registry Committee Member of ERA and Board Member to Turkish Society of Nephrology. He served as a Council Member of ERA and Executive Committee Member of KDIGO. He undertook his undergraduate and postgraduate educations in Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University. He had awarded a training grant from ISN and studied in the field of “proteinuria and renal fibrosis” in the Department of Nephrology, University of Leicester, UK as an ISN fellow. His main research interests are concentrated on chronic kidney disease and hypertension with a special focus on mechanisms involved in progression of kidney disease, albuminuria and fibrosis, cardiovascular risks and complications in CKD and dialysis, epidemiology of hypertension and cardiorenal risks of sodium consumption.

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