What You Must Know About Dialysis

Author : Rich Snyder
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780757053498

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What You Must Know About Dialysis by Rich Snyder Pdf

Dialysis can be a life-saving technique for the individual whose kidneys are unable to remove toxic waste and excess water from the blood. But over time, the process can become both physically debilitating and psychologically difficult. To address these issues, kidney specialist Dr. Rich Snyder has written a complete guide to dialysis. This book not only provides answers to common questions about the process, but also offers practical advice and strategies, as well as complementary options that can help you deal successfully with the many aspects of your treatment plan. The book begins with an introduction to dialysis—what it is, how it works, and what types are available. It then goes on to discuss the importance of blood tests, common medications and their complications, and associated disorders. Crucial information is included on natural supplements, lifestyle changes, nutrition, and effective coping tactics. For most people, dialysis is an unplanned and uncharted journey. In this book, Dr. Snyder lights the path ahead by combining compassion with rock-solid information that can make a real difference in your health.

Author : John T. Daugirdas,Peter G. Blake,Todd S. Ing
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781451165913

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Handbook of Dialysis by John T. Daugirdas,Peter G. Blake,Todd S. Ing Pdf

The revised, updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems. This edition reflects the latest guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent daily or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration. Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been completely revised. Each chapter provides references to relevant Web sites.

Author : Mackenzie Walser,Betsy Thorpe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118039779

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Coping with Kidney Disease by Mackenzie Walser,Betsy Thorpe Pdf

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: * Understand kidney failure * Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure * Get a proper diagnosis * Talk with your doctors about it * Confidently evaluate treatment options * Take charge of your treatment * Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser's revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.

Author : Allen R. Nissenson,Richard E. Fine
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1627 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781437711103

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Handbook of Dialysis Therapy E-Book by Allen R. Nissenson,Richard E. Fine Pdf

Here's an in-depth, quick-reference, problem-solving resource for those involved in the care of dialysis patients. More than 120 world-class authorities discuss dialysis techniques, mechanical considerations, and complications related to various diseases for both pediatric and adult patients. Selected annotated references and excellent cross-referencing between chapters help you find answers fast, and more than 100 photos, drawings, charts, and tables, mostly in color, clarify complex topics. Providing practical, immediately useful guidelines that can be applied directly to patient care, this book is a "must-have" for all dialysis caregivers. Presents the practice-proven experience of top experts in the field of dialysis treatment. Offers dialysis guidance for both adult and pediatric patients in one convenient source. Features a readable hands-on approach, allowing you to quickly review the complicated concepts of dialysis. Includes helpful annotated bibliography lists in each section for further in-depth research on any subject. Explains complex dialysis concepts through abundant diagrams, photos, line drawings, and tables. Features a new 4-color format, enabling you to find the guidance you need more quickly. Includes coverage of convective dialytic therapies and the results of recent clinical trials. Ensures that you keep current on pediatric dialysis concerns prevention and treatment with new chapters including prevention and treatment of bone disease, management of anemia, assessing quality of life in pediatric patients undergoing dialysis, and immunizations in children undergoing dialysis.

Author : Dori Schatell,John Agar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : Chronic renal failure
ISBN : 193788600X

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Help, I Need Dialysis! by Dori Schatell,John Agar Pdf

Author : Daniel Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Marjorie Kaiz Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Susan Offer Szafir Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199724451

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Dialysis without Fear : A Guide to Living Well on Dialysis for Patients and Their Families by Daniel Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Marjorie Kaiz Offer Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School,Susan Offer Szafir Professor of Psychiatry Northwestern University Medical School Pdf

More than 400,000 people in the United States undergo kidney dialysis. If you or a member of your family are one of them, then the prospect of a regular appointment with a dialysis machine may seem like the end of life itself. But that reaction couldn't be more wrong. In Dialysis Without Fear, psychiatrist and dialysis patient Dr. Daniel Offer joins with his wife, Marjorie Kaiz Offer, and daughter, Susan Offer Szafir, to reveal how life can be lived--and lived well--on dialysis. Drawing on his long medical career and more than seven years of personal experience with dialysis, Dr. Offer dispels many misconceptions surrounding this treatment, explaining how you can adapt to the new diet, travel, work and continue to partake in life's joys and celebrations. But the fears and hardships can be quite real, and Dr. Offer brings his years as a psychiatrist to bear as he provides practical advice on how patients can overcome them. Walking through each step of dialysis, he explains different types of treatment, examines the pros and cons of a transplant, and discusses side effects. Since dialysis affects the entire family, Dr. Offer and his coauthors also provide realistic insights into how relatives can cope and thrive together, sharing the humor, courage, and triumphs of real families who have successfully faced the challenges of dialysis. The result is an inspiring, practical guide that will help you and your family learn to overcome the difficulties of dialysis, live without fear, and enjoy every day.

Author : National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Blood
ISBN : UFL:31262200336054

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Hemodialysis Dose and Adequacy by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.) Pdf

Author : John A. Kellum,Rinaldo Bellomo,Claudio Ronco
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190225537

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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by John A. Kellum,Rinaldo Bellomo,Claudio Ronco Pdf

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care series, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance about this treatment modality, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice. Organized into sections on theory, practice, special situations, and organizational issues, this volume provides a complete view of CRRT theory and practice. Tables summarize and highlight key points, and key studies and trials are included in each chapter. The second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on the use of biomarkers to aid in patient selection and timing, extensive revisions on terminology and nomenclature to match current standards, and the most up-to-date information on newly developed CRRT machines.

Author : Todd S. Ing,Mohamed A. Rahman,Carl M. Kjellstrand
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814289757

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Dialysis by Todd S. Ing,Mohamed A. Rahman,Carl M. Kjellstrand Pdf

This book describes the past, present and future of dialysis and dialysis-related renal replacement therapies so that the reader can acquire a firm grasp of the medical management of acute and chronic renal failure. By becoming thoroughly conversant with the past and present of dialysis, a health care professional will be in a much better position to provide the best standard of care to patients suffering from renal failure. As the book highlights the unsolved operational obstacles in the field of renal replacement therapies, future innovators may be inspired to develop novel solutions to tackle these problems. This remarkable work is a must-read not just for health care providers in the dialysis industry, but for patients, dialysis equipment manufacturers as well as pharmaceutical companies.

Author : G.R. Catto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401178280

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Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis by G.R. Catto Pdf

For more than a generation haemodialysis has been the principal method of treating patients with both acute and chronic renal failure. Initially, developments and improvements in the system were highly technical and relevant to only a relatively small number of specialists in nephrology. More recently, as advances in therapy have dem onstrated the value of haemofiltration in the intensive therapy unit and haemoperfusion for certain types of poisoning, the basic principles of haemodialysis have been perceived as important in many areas of clinical practice. In this volume, the potential advantages of bicarbonate haemo dialysis are objectively assessed, the technical and clinical aspects of both haemofiltration and haemoperfusion discussed and the con tinuing problems associated with such extra corporeal circuits analysed. All the chapters have been written by recognized experts in their field. The increasing availability of highly technical facilities for appropriately selected patients should ensure that the information contained in the book is relevant not only to nephrologists but to all practising clinicians. ABOUT THE EDITOR Dr Graeme R. D. Catto is Professor in Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Aberdeen and Honorary Consultant Phy sician/Nephrologist to the Grampian Health Board. His current inter est in transplant immunology was stimulated as a Harkness Fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Peter Bent Brighton Hospital, Boston, USA. He is a member of many medical societies including the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland, the Renal Association and the Transplantation Society.

Author : C. Ronco,C. Crepaldi,M.H. Rosner
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783318064773

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Remote Patient Management in Peritoneal Dialysis by C. Ronco,C. Crepaldi,M.H. Rosner Pdf

Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring are innovative tools to provide remote transmission, interpretation, and storage of data for review by the care team. These tools allow for accurate home monitoring of patients enabling the team to improve care through prevention and early identification of problems. This book is structured into four main parts. The first describes the evolution of peritoneal dialysis and related technology. The second part summarizes current unmet clinical needs reported by patients and care teams, the need for innovation in the field, and the technical and clinical issues involved with the modern management of peritoneal dialysis. The third section presents the operational characteristics of the new information communication technology system and, in detail, the features of the Sharesource platform. Finally, a series of field experiences by expert users are reported to describe the benefits and the potential applications of remote patient monitoring in the future. Telemedicine and remote patient monitoring have proven to be useful in the care of patients on peritoneal dialysis. The scope of this publication, therefore, is to present the experiences of clinical key opinion leaders who have been using the application.

Author : Lawrence E. Stam,Stam
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780763787813

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100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Dialysis by Lawrence E. Stam,Stam Pdf

Whether you are a newly diagnosed patient with chronic kidney disease, or have a friend or relative undergoing kidney dialysis, this book offers help. 100 Questions & Answers About Kidney Dialysis gives authoritative, practical answers to your questions about kidney dialysis, including preparation, nutrition, complications, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Insider tips and advice are given from both physicians and actual patients making this book an invaluable resource for the 20 million Americans coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this disease.

Author : Jurgen Floege,Richard J. Johnson,John Feehally
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 1313 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323081337

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Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology E-Book by Jurgen Floege,Richard J. Johnson,John Feehally Pdf

Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology provides you with all the tools you need to manage all forms of kidney disease. Drs. Jürgen Floege, Richard J. Johnson, John Feehally and a team of international experts have updated this fourth edition to include hot topics such as treatment of hypertensive emergencies, herbal and over-the-counter medicines and the kidney, neurologic complications of the kidney, and more. This essential resource gives you quick access to today’s best knowledge on every clinical condition in nephrology. Make efficient, informed decisions with just the right amount of basic science and practical clinical guidance for every disorder. Diagnose effectively and treat confidently thanks to more than 1100 illustrations, abundant algorithms, and tables that highlight key topics and detail pathogenesis for a full range of kidney conditions and clinical management. Get coverage of the latest developments in the field with 18 new chapters on the Management of the Diabetic Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease, Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies, Principles of Drug Dosing and Prescribing of Chronic Kidney Disease, Herbal and Over-the-Counter Medicines and the Kidney, Neurologic Complications of the Kidney, and more. Tap into the experience and expertise of the world’s leading authorities in the field of nephrology. Floege, Johnson, and Feehally give you the information you need to make quick and correct clinical decisions

Author : Alan S. L. Yu,Glenn M. Chertow,Valérie A. Luyckx,Philip A. Marsden,Karl Skorecki,Maarten W. Taal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Kidneys
ISBN : 0323759335

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Brenner & Rector's the Kidney by Alan S. L. Yu,Glenn M. Chertow,Valérie A. Luyckx,Philip A. Marsden,Karl Skorecki,Maarten W. Taal Pdf

Author : Allen R. Nissenson,Richard N. Fine
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015028474826

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Dialysis Therapy by Allen R. Nissenson,Richard N. Fine Pdf

A comprehensive reference covering all aspects of the clinical management of adult and child dialysis patients. This edition includes seven new chapters including one on EPO use in dialysis patients and one on the HIV positive patient.