Pocket Guide to Clinical Dialysis

<h1> Pocket Guide to Clinical Dialysis 2e</h1><h5> About the editors v <h5><h5> About the contributors vi </h5><h5> Preface ix </h5><h5> List of protocols x </h5><h5> List of tables xiv </h5><h5> List of figures xvii <h5><h5> Abbreviations xviii <h5><h3> Part 1 Introduction 1 </h3><h5> Chapter 1.1 Normal kidney function 3 </h5><h5> Chapter 1.2 Stages of chronic kidney disease 5 </h5><h5> Chapter 1.3 Assessment of the patient with chronic kidney disease 8 </h5><h5> Chapter 1.4 Limitations of dialysis as replacement fornormal kidney function 18 </h5><h5> Chapter 1.5 Early chronic kidney disease and preparation of the patient for maintenance dialysis 20 </h5><h5> Chapter 1.6 Conservative therapy for advanced chronickidney disease 29 </h5><h3> Part 2 General care of patients with chronickidney disease 37 </h3><h5> Chapter 2.1 Chronic kidney disease mineral and bonedisorder 39 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.2 Cardiovascular risk and its management 52 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.3 Erythropoiesis 61 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.4 Bleeding and thrombosis 68 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.5 Endocrine disturbances of chronickidney disease 76 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.6 Infection control 84 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.7 Pregnancy and dialysis 90 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.8 Preparation for kidney transplantation 97 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.9 Drug prescribing to patients on dialysis 103 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.10 Nutrition 108 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.11 Routine monitoring of dialysis patients 115 </h5><h5> Chapter 2.12 Testing health-related quality of lifeand functional ability 119 </h5><h3> Part 3 Haemodialysis 123 </h3><h5> Chapter 3.1 Haemodialysis physiology 125 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.2 Haemodialysis equipment 132 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.3 Haemodialysis adequacy and prescription 137 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.4 Vascular access for haemodialysis 148 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.5 Anticoagulation for haemodialysis 169 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.6 Managing the first haemodialysis treatmentin a patient with end-stage kidney disease 173 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.7 Complications during haemodialysis 176 </h5><h5> Chapter 3.8 Haemodialysis in children 186 </h5><h3> Part 4 Chronic peritoneal dialysis 189 </h3><h5> Chapter 4.1 General principles 191 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.2 Peritoneal membrane physiology 196 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.3 Peritoneal dialysis access and complications 202 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.4 Peritoneal dialysis solutions and connection systems 216 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.5 Prescribing and assessing the adequacyof peritoneal dialysis 225 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.6 Preserving residual renal and peritonealmembrane function 234 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.7 Abnormal fluid volume status inchronic peritoneal dialysis 240 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.8 Peritonitis and exit-site infections 245 </h5><h5> Chapter 4.9 Non-infective complications of chronicperitoneal dialysis 256 </h5><h3> Part 5 Acute dialysis 263 </h3><h5> Chapter 5.1 Dialysis for acute kidney injury 265 </h5><h5> Chapter 5.2 Extracorporeal therapy for acute poisoning 277 </h5><h5> Chapter 5.3 Plasmapheresis 283 </h5><h5> Index 289 </h5>