Basic Clinical Dialysis 1/e

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.


-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







-Author Information_


David Harris
David Harris is Professor in the Department of Medicine of the
University of Sydney. He is staff specialist in renal medicine at
Westmead Hospital and the Western Sydney Area Health Service. He is
past President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of
Nephrology, Councillor of the International and Asian Pacific Society
of Nephrology and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nephrology. He is
Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee of the next
International Congress of Nephrology, to be held in Singapore in
2005. He is Director of Nephrology and Dialysis in Western Sydney
Area Health Services


Lukas Kairaitis
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