Overview

Basic Clinical Dialysis presents highly practical information on the clinical care and management of chronic kidney disease through dialysis treatment. The book clearly explains basic principles of dialysis, the different stages of kidney disease and presents all the treatment options and techniques for management. It deals specifically with chronic dialysis and chronic kidney disease, chronic haemodialysis, chronic peritoneal dialysis and acute dialytic therapies. The book will be a handy reference guide for medical students, interns, residents, basic physician trainees, nurses, general physicians, and paramedical staff. It is written in a concise and easy to understand format which is popular among busy practitioners and will be a small trim size to fit in their pockets and take on the wards.

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Author:   David Harris ,  Gopala Rangan ,  Lukas Kairaitis ,  Grahame Elder
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education / Australia
Dimensions:   Width: 4.40cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 7.00cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780074715017

ISBN 10:   0074715011
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   28 February 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781743072370
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface List of protocols List of tables Abbreviations Part 1 Introduction Chapter 1.1 Normal kidney function Chapter 1.2 Stages of chronic kidney disease Chapter 1.3 Assessment of the patient with chronic kidney disease Chapter 1.4 Limitations of dialysis as replacement for normal kidney function Chapter 1.5 Preparation of the patient for maintenance dialysis Chapter 1.6 Conservative therapy for advanced chronic kidney disease Part 2 General care of patients with chronic kidney disease Chapter 2.1 Cardiovascular risk management Chapter 2.2 Erythropoiesis Chapter 2.3 Bleeding and thrombosis Chapter 2.4 Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, calcium, phosphate and bones Chapter 2.5 Endocrine disturbances of chronic kidney disease Chapter 2.6 Infection control Chapter 2.7 Pregnancy and dialysis Chapter 2.8 Preparation for transplantation Chapter 2.9 Drug prescription to dialysis patients Chapter 2.10 Nutrition Chapter 2.11 Routine surveillance of dialysis patients Part 3 Haemodialysis Chapter 3.1 Haemodialysis physiology Chapter 3.2 Haemodialysis equipment Chapter 3.3 Haemodialysis adequacy and prescription Chapter 3.4 Vascular access for haemodialysis Chapter 3.5 Anticoagulation for haemodialysis Chapter 3.6 The first haemodialysis treatment Chapter 3.7 Complications during haemodialysis Chapter 3.8 Haemodialysis in children Part 4 Chronic peritoneal dialysis Chapter 4.1 General principles Chapter 4.2 Peritoneal membrane physiology Chapter 4.3 Peritoneal dialysis access and complications Chapter 4.4 Peritoneal dialysis training and education Chapter 4.5 Peritoneal dialysis solutions and connection systems Chapter 4.6 Methods of chronic peritoneal dialysis Chapter 4.7 Prescribing and modifying chronic peritoneal dialysis Chapter 4.8 Peritonitis and exit-site infections Chapter 4.9 Medical complications of chronic peritoneal dialysis Chapter 4.10 Peritoneal dialysis in children Part 5 Acute dialysis Chapter 5.1 Dialysis in acute renal failure Chapter 5.2 Extracorporeal therapy for acute poisoning Chapter 5.3 Plasmapheresis Index

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David Harris is Associate Dean of the Western Clinical School of the University of Sydney, at Westmead Hospital. He is a nephrologist and prior to his appointment as Associate Dean he was Director of Nephrology and Dialysis in Western Sydney. He is also a Past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and Director of Kidney Health Australia, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network, a member of the Executive of the Asian Pacific Society and International Societies of Nephrology, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nephrology. Dr Gopi Rangan is a staff specialist in Renal Medicine at Westmead Hospital and Area Health Services. He is Director of Peritoneal Dialysis, Western Sydney area Health Services and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. He is currently researching the role of cell cycle regulatory proteins in mediating tubular epithelial cell hyperplasia in chronic proteinuric renal disease. Lukas Kairaitis is a staff specialist nephrologist at Westmead Hospital and Director of haemodialysis in the Western Sydney Area Health Service. His clinical interests include medical education, dialysis access and infection control in dialysis patients. He is currently enrolled in a PhD programme at University of Sydney investigating the role of ‘progression factors’ in chronic renal failure. Dr Grahame Elder is a staff specialist in renal medicine at Westmead Hospital and is in charge of the Renal Metabolic Bone Service. He has chaired the Education Committee of Kidney Health Australia and the National Renal Resource Centre and is a subject editor for Progressive Chronic Renal Disease in the journal Nephrology

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