Handbook of dialysis therapy [edited by] Allen R. Nissenson, Richard N. Fine

Rev. ed. of: Dialysis therapy / [edited by] Allen R. Nissenson, Richard N. FIne. 3rd ed. c2002. Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents Section 1 DEMOGRAPHICS Section 2 VASCULAR ACCESS FOR HEMODIALYSIS Section 3 PERITONEAL ACCESS DEVICES Section 4 MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF DIALYSIS Section 5 DIALYZERS Section 6 KINETIC MODELING IN HEMODIALYSIS Section 7 IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS Section 8 THE HEODIALYSIS PROCEDURE Section 9 COMPLICATIONS DURING HEMODIALYSIS Section 10 REUSE OF HEMODIALYZERS Section 11 ALTERNATIVE HEMODIALYTIC TECHNIQUES Section 12 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: CLINICAL PRACTICE Section 13 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS Section 14 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: NONINFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS Section 15 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: INTRA-ABDOMINALPRESSURE-RELATED COMPLICATIONS Section 16 ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASIS Section 17 NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF DIALYSIS PATIENTS Section 18 GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE Section 19 THE HIV-INFECTED PATIENT Section 20 ANEMIA AND EPOETIN USE Section 21 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Section 22 METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES Section 23 NEUROLOGIC ASPECTS OF UREMIA Section 24 UREMIC OSTEODYSTROPHY Section 25 DIALYSIS AMYLOIDOSIS Section 26 ACQUIRED CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE Section 27 DIABETES Section 28 DRUG USE IN UREMIA Section 29 REHABILITATION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES Section 30 PEDIATRIC DIALYSIS Section 31 SURGERY Section 32 THE PREGNANT PATIENT Section 33 DRUG OVERDOSE