About 200 international authorities, guided by a team of five distinguished authorities in nephrology, create an invaluable resource. Dr. Schrier, the long-time sole editor of this work, has recruited four eminent nephrologists as co-editors for this edition. The book is divided into eleven sections that cover: Structural, Functional Correlations in the Kidney, Clinical Evaluation, Cystic and Tubular Disorders, Infections of the Urinary Tract and the Kidney, Acute Renal Injury, Hypertension, Glomerular, Interstitial, and Vascular Renal Diseases, Systemic Diseases of the Kidney, Disorders of Electrolyte, Water, and Acid-Base, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Management of End-Stage Renal Disease Content has been consolidated into two volumes.