Landmark Papers in Nephrology

Edited by John Feehally, Christopher McIntyre, and J. Stewart Cameron

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20 chapters, with 10 landmark papers selected in each chapter, give a broad overview of the history of nephrology
Abstracts from original papers, with succint commentaries from the editors, show how the original authors summarized their work, alongside a current view of its significance
One double page for each paper and commentary makes the book easy to browse as well as read in detail

Landmark Papers in Nephrology

Edited by John Feehally, Christopher McIntyre, and J. Stewart Cameron

Description

Landmarks in Nephrology points the reader to some of the seminal observations which have led to the practice of nephrology as we know it today.

Twenty areas of nephrology are covered by discrete chapters, with the editors selecting the ten most important papers ever published in that field. These range from observational and experimental studies from the 18th century, which laid the groundwork for our current understanding of the kidney, through to recent randomized controlled clinical trials. The papers also reflect the emergence of nephrology as a speciality in the last fifty years, stimulated particularly by the introduction of renal biopsy and the development of dialysis and transplantation as effective forms of renal replacement therapy. For each paper, there is a succinct commentary which highlights the importance of the work in its historical context, as well as a recommended reading section to encourage the interested reader to explore further.

It is of course a near-impossible task to choose only two hundred papers from the whole oeuvre of nephrology. However, these chosen few are undoubtedly among the great landmarks of nephrology, reflecting the varying coincidences of brilliance, persistence, and good fortune which are necessary for progress in medical science. Encompassing the breadth, range and depth of the intellectual journey which precedes us in the development of nephrology, they provide a telling illustration of Sir Isaac Newton's words to Robert Hooke in 1675: 'If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants'.

Landmark Papers in Nephrology

Edited by John Feehally, Christopher McIntyre, and J. Stewart Cameron

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1. Glomerular Structure & Function, Andrew Salmon
2. Tubular Structure & Function, Robert J. Unwin and Stephen B. Walsh
3. Investigation of Renal Disease, Guy H. Neild
4. Inherited Renal Disease, Katherine A. Hillman and Adrian S. Woolf
5. Glomerular Disease before 1950, J. Stewart Cameron
6. Primary Glomerular Disease since 1950, Richard J. Glassock
7. Secondary Glomerular Disease, Richard J. Glassock
8. Infection and Renal Disease, Trevor Gerntholtz
9. Diabetes and renal disease, Eberhard Ritz and John Feehally
10. Acute Kidney Injury, Dharmvir Jaswal and Adeera Levin
11. Chronic Kidney Disease, Maarten Taal
12. Haemodialysis, Nathan W. Levin and Thomas A. Depner
13. Vascular Access for Haemodialysis, Jan H. M. Tordoir
14. Peritoneal Dialysis, Martin Wilkie and Sarah Jenkins
15. Transplantation, Aisling Courtenay
16. Cardiovascular disease, Christopher W. McIntyre
17. Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease, John Cunningham
18. Renal Anaemia, Christopher G. Winearls
19. Clinical Epidemiology, Robert N. Foley
20. Health-related quality of life and the patient perspective, Fredric O. Finkelstein and Susan H. Finkelstein

Landmark Papers in Nephrology

Edited by John Feehally, Christopher McIntyre, and J. Stewart Cameron

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Author Information

John Feehally is Consultant Nephrologist at Leicester General Hospital, and Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester. His particular clinical interests are in glomerulonephritis and renal transplantation. His major laboratory research programme is in immune renal disease, especially IgA nephropathy. He was President of the UK Renal Association [2004-2007], and is now President of the International Society of Nephrology [2011-2013].

Prof Chris McIntyre graduated in Medicine from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (London University). Specialising in renal disease, Dr McIntyre was initially a registrar at University College Hospitals in London prior to becoming a Lecturer in Nephrology at The Royal London Hospitals.

Prof McIntyre leads a team of multidisciplinary researchers focussed largely on the pathophysiology of the widespread abnormalities of cardiovascular function and body composition in chronic kidney disease patients. These studies have increasingly focussed on the adverse consequences resulting from dialysis therapy itself.

J. Stewart Cameron is Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, King's College London (Guy's Hospital). He was President of the International Society of Nephrology from 1993 to 1995. His interests include the growth and formation of science-based studies
of the kidney from the eighteenth century onwards.

Contributors:

Guy Neild - University College London Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Campus, London, UK
Andrew Salmon - MRC and Academy of Medical Sciences Clinician Scientist and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Renal Medicine at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
Robert J. Unwin - Professor of Nephrology and Physiology UCL Centre for Nephrology University College London, Royal Free Campus, London , UK
Adrian Woolf - University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
Kate Hillman - Central Manchester University Hospitals, UK
Richard J. Glassock - Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Trevor Gerntholtz - Dumisani Mzamane African Institute for Kidney Disease, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Chris Hani - Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Eberhard Ritz - Sektion Nephrologie, Klinikum der Universitat Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Robert N. Foley - United States Renal System Minneapolis Minnesota, USA
Adeera Levin - Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Maarten Taal - Consultant Renal Physician, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby
Jan Tordoir - Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center P Debijelaan, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Nathan Levin - Renal Research Institute, New York, USA
Martin Wilkie - Sheffield Kidney Institute, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Aisling Courtney - Regional Nephrology Unit, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, UK
Christopher W. McIntyre - Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, UK
John Cunningham - Centre for Nephrology, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Campus, London, UK
Christopher Winearls - Oxford Kidney Unit, The Churchill, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Fredrick O. Finkelstein - Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, USA