The Official Patient's Sourcebook On Glomerular Disease: A Revised And Updated Directory For The Internet Age

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to glomerular disease, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on glomerular disease. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Glomerular Disease: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Glomerular Disease; Chapter 4. Books on Glomerular Disease; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Glomerular Disease; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 7. Dissertations on Glomerular Disease; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; GLOMERULAR DISEASE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Aldosteronism With Normal Blood Pressure, Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease, focal glomerulonephritis, Glomerulonephritis - pulmonary hemorrhage, Hyperaldosteronism With HypokalemicAlkatosis, Hyperaldosteronism Without Hypertension, Hypokalemic Alkalosis with Hypercalciuria, Juxtaglomerular Hyperplasia, Lupus glomerular disease, lupus glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, Pulmonary renal syndrome, Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage.