The book has been compiled for the postgraduate trainees in nephrology, MD residents, fellows in nephrology and internal medicine, and practising nephrologists. Information included in the book has been sourced from various guidelines like KDIGO clinical practical guideline, Nice guidelines, European best practice guideline and Medscape, Uptodate, pubmed, etc. and also from the author’s own experience as a teacher, examiner and practising doctor in the field of nephrology.
Almost all aspects of clinical nephrology have been covered in the book. The content of the book, covered in 21 chapters, includes the following topics. Basics of urine examination Urinary tract infections Diabetic Kidney disease Transplantation Radiology and imaging in clinical nephrology Glomerular diseases AKI • CKD • Dialysis
Muhammad Rafiqul Alam MBBS,MD,FCPS is currently Professor, Department of Nephrology, and ex-Pro ViceChancellor (Admin), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College, FCPS (Medicine) from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons and MD (Nephrology) from Dhaka University. Dr Alam is President of Bangladesh Renal Association,Vice President of Society of Organ Transplantation, Bangladesh, and President of Association of Physicians of Bangladesh. He is fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and member of ISN South Asian Regional Board. Dr Alam is one of the editors of Bangladesh Renal Journal. Besides this title, he has written two books Kidney Niye Joto Kotha and Manual of Clinical Nephrology, contributed chapters in different books,and has to his credit over 50 papers published in various reputed national and international journals.He has attended many international congresses,CME programs,expert committee meetings and workshops.
