Oxford handbook of dialysis

by Levy, Jeremy

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Title Statements

Full title :Oxford handbook of dialysis / Jeremy Levy, Edwina Brown and Anastasia Lawrence.

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis provides a patient-centred and comprehensive guide to all aspects of dialysis, covering everything from patient preparation and details of both haemo- and peritoneal dialysis, to continuous haemofiltration techniques and complications of end stage kidney disease. In this new edition, all sections have been completely updated, with new material on a multitude of topics including haemofiltration, monitoring techniques, infection prevention, new PD fluids, trials in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, integrated care, role of predialysis nurses, supportive care, care of dying patients, pain control and newer drugs such as darbepoietin, new vitamin D analogues, new anticoagulants and phosphate binders. With new chapters on transplantation and dialysisin Acute Kidney Injury, and references to the most up-to-date clinical guidelines, this handbook continues to be the essential, compact resource for anyone managing patients with end stage renal failure.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191503092, 0191503096, 9780191742866, 0191742864
oclc:ocn817810583
LC Classification:RC901.7.H45
Dewey Decimal:617.4/61059

Cover; Series; Oxford Handbook of Dialysis; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors ; Symbols and abbreviations ; 1 The new patient with renal failure; 2 Haemodialysis; 3 Nursing a patient on haemodialysis; 4 Home and frequent haemodialysis; 5 Peritoneal dialysis; 6 Nursing issues in peritoneal dialysis; 7 Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury; 8 Nutrition on dialysis; 9 Special situations; 10 Complications of ESKD: anaemia; 11 Complications of ESKD: bone mineral disorders; 12 Complications of ESKD: cardiovascular disease; 13 Complications of ESKD: infection.

14 Symptoms related to ESKD15 Other complications of ESKD; 16 Death in dialysis patients; 17 Transplantation for dialysis patients; 18 Drug dosing; 19 Standards and guidelines; Index.

Subjects

Handbooks and manuals Hémodialyse Hémodialyse -- Guides, manuels, etc Hemodialysis Hemodialysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Kidney Failure, Chronic -- complications Kidney Failure, Chronic -- therapy MEDICAL -- Surgery Renal Dialysis