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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.61 EAN: 9780198508243 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0198508247 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 3048 Publication Date: April 24, 2008 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Unequivocally the most relevant and important textbook of clinical nephrology. This is the most authoritative, well written and comprehensive textbook of clinical nephrology combining the clinical aspects of renal disease important for the daily clinical practice whilst giving extensive information about the underlying basic science and current evidence available. This new edition highlights the numerous changes in clinical management that have arisen as a result of recently concluded clinical trials and there are now specific formal guidelines for optimal treatment of patients. Each section of the textbook has been critically and comprehensively edited under the auspices of one of the leading experts in the field. This text for this third edition has been ruthlessly edited, balanced, updated and pitched at the adult nephrologist. The emphasis throughout is on marrying advances in scientific research with clinical management. Where possible treatment algorithms are included to aid patient care. By comparison with other texts, Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology has more than average coverage of pediatric issues. For this edition there has been increased focus on age and renal disease, nephrology as practised in countries of different stages of socio-economic development, evidenced-based nephrology, clinical outcomes, clinical audit and moral and ethical issues. Richly illustrated throughout in full color, this is truly a modern and attractive edition with comprehensive coverage of everything that has to do with clinical nephrology written by the worlds experts in the respective fields. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Disappointingly obtuse and bulkyI have often used the OTN, but rarely been impressed by its relevance or its lucidity. Some chapters seem to specialise in wading through an interesting and important subject with remarkably dull and often inapposite focus on matters of little real clinical interest, and often its lengthy reviews end in inconclusive summaries. Prof Barsoum's chapter is one of the shining exceptions. Probably a necessary purchase for a practising renal physician keen to have comprehensive sources, but for me ... Read More Rating:  - a must have very expansive more then other bibles american style (brenner and scrhier) i love oxf txtbooks couse in spite the heaviness they are all well balanced between the state of the art and the practical point of view. The nephro book is the end stage of reference for a ph interested abt the argument. Many prefer the work of brenner but this book is more oriented in basical sci and , it is probably a personal point of view, not so incisive in terapeutical approach. probably ... Read More Rating: - oxford textbookdiabetes nephropat 
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