Handbook of Dialysis : 5th edition

Handbook of Dialysis : 5th edition
ISBN: 9781451144291
Publication Date: 5 December 2014

The updated 5th edition of the ;Handbook of Dialysis ;is full of evidence-based, practical information on all aspects of dialysis training and therapy.

Authored by international nephrology experts, each chapter addresses a different area of the clinical realities of patient management. Topics include screening, diagnosis and management of dialysis patients, including diagnostic work-ups, patient safety, and patient monitoring issues in acute dialysis and hemodialysis cases. This is the essential dialysis manual, filled with up-to-date dialysis information, including preparation, procedures, surgery, problems and side-effects.
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Features:

• NEW ;expanded coverage of vascular access placement and management
• NEW ;discussion of urgent start peritoneal dialysis
• **NEW ;**chapter on practical implementation of sorbent dialysis
• NEW ;updated section on home and intensive hemodialysis therapies
• Coverage of topics including: peritoneal dialysis, acute dialysis, hemodiafiltration, home and intensive dialysis, blood-based therapies, the physiology of peritoneal dialysis, diabetes, hypertension, optimal management of anemia, infections, ;nutrition, mineral bone disorder, and much more!
• Quick-reference outline format
• Content illustrated with tables, diagrams and charts

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