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Renal, Fluids, and Electrolytes (RFE): Week 1

Resources for the RFE course

Week 1 Reading Assigments

Ch 3 Assessment of Kidney Function in Acute and Chronic Settings IN: National Kidney Foundations’ Primer on Kidney Diseases
Ch. 1 Physiology of Body Fluids IN: Renal Physiology
Ch. 2 Structure and Function of the Kidney IN: Renal Physiology
Ch. 3 Glomerular Filtration and Renal Blood Flow IN: Renal Physiology
Congenital and Developmental Anomalies IN: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
Congenital and Developmental Anomalies through end of Simple Cysts
Ch 1. pages 2-6 - Mammalian Kidney Development IN: Brenner and Rector's The Kidney
(stop reading after Development of the Vasculature section)
Ch. 1 pages 21-39 - Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Kidney Development IN: Brenner and Rector's They Kidney
(stop reading after Maturation of Glomerular Endothelial Cells and Glomerular Basement Membrane)

The link to the Reference List for chapter 1 has been removed as it is no longer part of the suggested reading.

In Print (aka no electronic access)

Renal Pathophysiology: The Essentials by Rennke and Denker
WJ 300 R795r 2014 (Reserve-Core, 2nd floor Library Information Desk)

Chapter 1, pages 1-30, Review of Renal Physiology