Renal nursing

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'Renal Nursing' is a comprehensive evidence-based guide to nursing in the field of nephrology and kidney care. This fully updated fourth edition discusses the stages of chronic kidney disease, prevention and early management, pre-dialysis care, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, transplantation, investigations and nutrition.

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Full title :Renal nursing / edited by Nicola Thomas.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014
Edition:Fourth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

Notes

Previous edition: 2008.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 405 pages : : illustrations (black and white) ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118410646, 1118410645
oclc:on1014430253
LC Classification:RC918.R4
Dewey Decimal:616.6140231

CHAPTER 1 The History of Dialysis and Transplantation; Learning Outcomes; Introduction; Haemodialysis (HD); The beginning; Pre-1920; The 1920s; The 1930s; The 1940s and 1950s; The 1950s; The development of the dialyser; The emergence of home haemodialysis; The present; Peritoneal Dialysis (PD); The catheter; Peritoneal dialysis at home; The beginning of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD); Automated peritoneal dialysis; Advances in peritoneal dialysis for special needs; The future; Transplantation; In the beginning. The first successesImmunosuppression; Blood transfusions; Present; The future; Summary; References; CHAPTER 2 Applied Anatomy and Physiology and the Renal Disease Process; Learning Outcomes; Introduction; Structure and Functions of the Kidney; The nephron; The versatility of urine; Urinary volume; Urinary concentration; Urinary content; Basic Renal Processes; Glomerular filtration; Amount and composition of glomerular filtrate; Selective reabsorption; Mechanisms of reabsorption; Reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule -- the site of bulk-phase reabsorption. Reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule -- the site of fine-tuning reabsorptionSecretion…