The Essentials of Clinical Dialysis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kim, Yong-Lim (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kawanishi, Hideki (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Nephrology.

This book is a thorough guide to dialysis that will assist in the effective treatment of patients. Current knowledge on all aspects of dialysis, including the most recent advances, is presented and the various techniques used in dialysis patients are described step by step. Both hemodialysis and per...

Table of Contents:

• I. Preparation of Dialysis
• 1.Dialysis Indication and Initiation Time for Dialysis
• 2.Modality Selection
• II. Hemodialysis
• 1.Types of Hemodialysis
• 2.Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
• 3.Hemodialysis Prescription
• 4.Hemodialysis Procedure
• 5.Equipment for Hemodialysis: Water System and Dialyzer
• 6.Dialysis Membrane and Flux
• 7.Anticoagulation in Patients on Hemodialysis
• 8.Kinetic Modeling and Adequacy in Hemodialysis
• 9.Acute and Chronic Complication of Hemodialysis
• 10.On-Line Hemodiafiltration
• III. Peritoneal Dialysis
• 1.Principle of Peritoneal Dialysis
• 2.Types of Peritoneal Dialysis
• 3.Peritoneal Access
• 4.Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription
• 5.PD Adequacy
• 6.Peritonitis and Exit Site Infection
• 7.Complication of PD
• IV. Summary of Dialysis related Guidelines.