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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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!
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Content illustrated with tables, diagrams and charts

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Handbook of Dialysis - pokkari, Englanti, 2014