Clinical nephrotoxins : renal injury from drugs and chemicals /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Broe, M. E. (Marc E.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecth ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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 amd 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 herb 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