Handbook of Dialysis Therapy

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Here's an in-depth, quick-reference, problem-solving resource for those involved in the care of dialysis patients. More than 120 world-class authorities discuss dialysis techniques, mechanical considerations, and complications related to various diseases for both pediatric and adult patients. Selected annotated references and excellent cross-referencing between chapters help you find answers fast, and more than 100 photos, drawings, charts, and tables, mostly in color, clarify complex topics. Providing practical, immediately useful guidelines that canbe applied directly to patient care, this book is a "must-have" for all dialysis caregivers.

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Allen R. Nissenson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Dialysis Program, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; and Richard N. Fine, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. Table of Contents Section 1 DEMOGRAPHICSSection 2 VASCULAR ACCESS FOR HEMODIALYSISSection 3 PERITONEAL ACCESS DEVICESSection 4 MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF DIALYSISSection 5 DIALYZERSSection 6 KINETIC MODELING IN HEMODIALYSISSection 7 IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN DIALYSIS PATIENTSSection 8 THE HEODIALYSIS PROCEDURESection 9 COMPLICATIONS DURING HEMODIALYSISSection 10 REUSE OF HEMODIALYZERSSection 11 ALTERNATIVE HEMODIALYTIC TECHNIQUESSection 12 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: CLINICAL PRACTICESection 13 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONSSection 14 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: NONINFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONSSection 15 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: INTRA-ABDOMINALPRESSURE-RELATED COMPLICATIONSSection 16 ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASISSection 17 NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF DIALYSIS PATIENTSSection 18 GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASESection 19 THE HIV-INFECTED PATIENTSection 20 ANEMIA AND EPOETIN USESection 21 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESection 22 METABOLIC ABNORMALITIESSection 23 NEUROLOGIC ASPECTS OF UREMIASection 24 UREMIC OSTEODYSTROPHYSection 25 DIALYSIS AMYLOIDOSISSection 26 ACQUIRED CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASESection 27 DIABETESSection 28 DRUG USE IN UREMIASection 29 REHABILITATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUESSection 30 PEDIATRIC DIALYSISSection 31 SURGERYSection 32 THE PREGNANT PATIENTSection 33 DRUG OVERDOSE