Full Description
A collection of nineteen independent chapters written by internationally renowned authors, covering a wide range of topics, from the history and milestones to the future, in different renal replacement therapy modalities, such as hemodialysis, online hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis. This book will appeal to renal fellows, nephrologists, and physicians involved with chronic kidney disease patients on maintenance dialysis, including all those interested in the advances and challenges still facing medicine. It brings timely and updated reviews and addresses trends, challenges, and controversies of dialysis therapies.
Contents
Foreword; Preface; Milestones in Dialysis; Transitional Care Units and Incident End Stage Kidney Disease; Anemia Management in Dialysis Patients; Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral Bone Disorder and Vascular Calcification; End-Stage Kidney Disease and Malignancy; Dialysis Urea Clearance and Clearance Targets; Fatigue in People Treated with Dialysis; Reducing Hospitalizations and Readmissions in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients; Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Dialysis Patients; Basics in Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistula; Intensive Hemodialysis; Home Hemodialysis; Online Hemodiafiltration in Chronic Kidney Disease Through Clinical Practice to Evidence; Palliative Care in Dialysis; A 360o Global Peritoneal Dialysis Therapy Perspective: Health Economics, Programs and Policies; A 360o Global Peritoneal Dialysis Therapy Reality: Clinical Experience and Evidence; Peritoneal Dialysis Education: A Global Perspective; Developments in Implantable and Wearable Artificial Kidneys; Green Dialysis: A Necessary Trend; Index.
