Organ crosstalk in acute kidney injury basic concepts and clinical practices

Organ crosstalk in acute kidney injury basic concepts and clinical practices / Carlos Guido Musso, Adrian Covic, editors.

This is an original work dedicated to an important and current topic in nephrology: organ crosstalk in acute renal injury. Acute kidney injury is a prevalent and serious syndrome. The related mortality to this syndrome has not been significantly reduced in the last decades despite the advances in re...

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Other Authors: Musso, Carlos Guido, Covic, Adrian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Subjects:
Acute renal failure.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Nosology and Semiotics
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 A Brief Historiography of Semiotics and Health/Medicine
  • 1.3 Semiotic Aspects of Nosology
  • 1.4 Fundamental Elements of a Biosemiotic Perspective on Human Health
  • 1.4.1 The Umwelt
  • 1.4.2 Body and Environment
  • 1.4.3 Physiology, Behaviour and Perception
  • 1.4.4 Endosemiosis
  • 1.5 Contributions to Biosemiotic Medicine
  • 1.5.1 Process-Based Medicine in Light of the Ontogeny of the Human Being
  • 1.5.2 Biosemiotic Medicine Within and Beyond Human Health Studies
  • 1.5.3 The Human Being Conceived of as a System of Interrelated Sign Systems
  • 1.5.4 The Human Microbiome: The Human Organism Conceived of as an Ecosystem
  • 1.5.5 A Biosemiotic Understanding of Organ Crosstalk
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Acute Kidney Injury: Definition and Generalities
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Prerenal AKI
  • 2.3 Renal or Intrinsic AKI
  • 2.4 Obstructive AKI
  • 2.5 AKI Implications
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Hormones
  • 3.1 General Principles of the Endocrine System
  • 3.1.1 Structure, Organization, and Function of the Endocrine System
  • 3.2 Hormone Synthesis: Basic Concepts
  • 3.2.1 Transport
  • 3.3 Mechanisms of Hormone Action
  • 3.3.1 Types of Receptors
  • 3.3.2 Membrane Receptors
  • 3.3.3 Intracellular Receptors
  • 3.4 Regulation of Hormone Levels, Synthesis, and Secretion
  • 3.5 Water and Electrolyte Balance
  • 3.6 Antidiuretic Hormone and Extracellular Fluid (ECF) Osmolality
  • 3.7 Endocrine Regulation of Water Balance
  • 3.8 Sodium and Potassium Balance and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS)
  • 3.9 The RAAS and the Regulation of Sodium and Potassium Homeostasis
  • 3.10 Natriuretic Factors
  • 3.11 Conclusion

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