Clinical Nephrotoxins Renal Injury from Drugs and Chemicals /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Broe, Marc E. de (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Porter, George A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bennett, William M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Verpooten, Gert A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Έκδοση: Second Edition.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Public health.; Internal medicine.; Nephrology.; Veterinary medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Veterinary Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Public Health.

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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Clinical relevance
• Renal handling of drugs and xenobiotics
• Pharmacovigilance
• Immunologically-mediated toxin-induced renal disease
• Cellular mechanisms of nephrotoxicity
• Animal models for the assessment of acute renal dysfunction and injury
• Renal cell culture models: Contribution to the understanding of nephrotoxic mechanisms
• Aminoglycosides and vancomycin
• Beta-lactam antibiotics
• Amphotericin B
• Sulfonamides, sulfadiazine, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, pentamidine, pyrimethamine, dapsone, quinolones
• Antiviral agents
• Analgesics and 5-aminosalicylic acid
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
• Gold salts, D-penicillamine and allopurinol
• Angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists
• Diuretics
• Anticancer drugs
• Anesthetic agents
• Illicit drug abuse
• Calcineurin inhibitors and sirolimus
• Immunomodulators: interleukins, interferons, and the OKT3 monoclonal antibody
• Radiocontrast agents
• Lead nephropathy
• Cadmium-induced renal effects
• Mercury-induced renal effects
• Hydrocarbons, silicon-containing compounds and pesticides
• Lithium-induced renal effects
• Aristolochic acid nephropathy after Chinese herbal remedies
• Balkan endemic nephropathy
• Nephrotoxins in Africa
• Paraphenylene diamine hair dye poisoning
• Urinary biomarkers and nephrotoxicity
• Pharmacological aspects of nephrotoxicity
• Drug dosage in renal failure.