Haemodialysis Books

Book SynopsisThe Kidney Book provides a multidisciplinary practical guide to the diagnosis and management of common kidney conditions, procedures and situations that are encountered by physicians, residents and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases. The chapters provide point-by-point, concise and evidence-based information with tables, algorithms, and figures to summarise important clinical practices and therapeutic procedures in the daily care of patients with kidney diseases and transplants. Thence, readers will find this book easy to read and be able to quickly equip themselves with core and practically useful knowledge. This book is written by nephrologists and allied health professionals from Singapore's oldest and largest academic renal unit at the Singapore General Hospital, which has been ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the world by Newsweek.This book provides practical guidelines and information and differentiate itself from other nephrology themed books by its origin from Asia which would especially appeal to healthcare providers in the Asian region. There are very few textbooks in nephrology from Asia. In addition, it covers the most common problems and areas encountered by healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases in a point-by-point form which is easily digestible and extremely relevant to bedside clinical practice. The book even includes a special care section dealing with special situations and procedures such as kidney supportive care, pregnancy and therapeutic plasma exchange. This book will appeal to a wide audience and even medical/nursing or allied health students will find the book useful in their studies.

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Book SynopsisThe 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.Features:" 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 iTrade ReviewDoody's Review Service Review by Sumit Narula, MD (University of Kentucky College of Medicine)This is the fifth edition of a concise, yet comprehensive review of all the modalities of dialysis and associated complications and clinical management. The ebook version that accompanies the book is user friendly and covers most of the information in the book. The goal is to provide a review of the commonly used dialysis modalities and management of associated issues. The book begins with a chapter on evaluation of predialysis patients, followed by thorough discussions of dialysis physiology, various dialysis modalities, and dialysis catheter complications. Finally, it addresses common psychosocial and medical conditions afflicting dialysis patients.This will be an excellent tool for residents, renal fellows, general nephrologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and internists . The book provides con cise yet thorough information on the management of dialysis patients based on current evidence and practice guidelines. It also covers dialysis management in children and during pregnancy and includes a chapter on the management of bone disease. The 40 chapters are divided into four parts. The first part discusses management of advanced CKD patients and their transition into dialysis, renal transplant, or palliative care. The next 18 chapters discuss the basics of hemodialysis and dialysis access, followed by complications. The next part has extensive discussions of peritoneal dialysis, while the final part addresses the medical conditions and psychosocial issues affecting dialysis patients. Each chapter provides a concise though complete description of dialysis with its associated condition with tables and pathological figures where appropriate. All chapters include references and suggested readings. As the name suggests, the handbook delivers precise information on all aspects of dialysis. Simple tables and figures are used appropriately and increase the ease of reading. Although this book is well known in the nephrology community, it will be a useful tool for nurse practitioners and physician assistants for understanding the core concepts of the various modalities of dialysis. Care of dialysis patients requires a multifaceted approach and the handbook serves its purpose by covering all the important aspects that concern dialysis patients. The attempt to compare delivery of dialysis internationally also broadens the knowledge base and deepens understanding of dialysis patient management . I would recommend this book to anyone who aspires to completely grasp the basic as well as advanced concepts for management of dialysis patients.

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Book SynopsisIn the present book the authors introduce the utilisation of FNs in the concept of Magnetically Assisted Hemodialysis (MAHD) for the treatment of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). ESRD patients have to be subjected to permanent Hemodialysis (HD) therapy having a typical schedule of three 4-hour sessions per week. The proposed strategy of MAHD aims to become a more efficient development of conventional HD. The core of the idea is the production of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles-Targeted Binding Substance Conjugates (FN-TBS Cs) constructed of biocompatible FNs and a specifically designed TBS. The TBS part is necessarily used for increasing the biocompatibility of the FNs host carriers, but most importantly should have high affinity and binding capacity for the specific Target Toxic Substance (TTS) that should be removed from the patient. For these demands to be fulfilled, antibodies or even specific proteins could serve as the TBS part of the desired FN-TBS Cs. The FN-TBS Cs should be administered to the patient timely prior to the MAHD session so that, owing to their free circulation in the vascular network, they will be able to collect the desired TTSs through their adsorption onto the TBS part of the Cs. However, long residence times of the FN-TBS Cs in the blood stream cannot be used so that noticeable triggering of the reticuloendothelial system to be avoided. As a result, the binding dynamics of the FN-TBS Cs with candidate TTSs are of major importance. Eventually, the complex FN-TBS-TTS can be selectively removed during the MAHD session by means of a "magnetic dialyser", that is an external magnetic field applied either at the conventional dialyser or at other point(s) along the extracorporeal blood circulation line of the dialysis machine. The advantages of MAHD over conventional HD are discussed in detail among issues of practical importance. Some of the main advantages are the following: (i) Increased rate of toxin removal, (ii) Selective targeting of specific TTSs and prevention by the respective disorders during early stages, (iii) Decreased duration of each dialysis session, and (iv) Adjustment of the blood flow rate to relatively lower values. Apart from these primary benefits related to the comfort and overall health status of the patient, enormous financial benefits will also evolve for National Health Budgets despite the fact that the proposed MAHD strategy requires small investments for the only modest modification of existing dialysis machines. The authors hope that the utilisation of MAHD into clinical practice will become a reality in the near future so that long-term-HD patients will benefit from all the advantages discussed here, and from many more that will probably evolve after intense {in vivo} applications are completed.

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Book SynopsisThe Kidney Book provides a multidisciplinary practical guide to the diagnosis and management of common kidney conditions, procedures and situations that are encountered by physicians, residents and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases. The chapters provide point-by-point, concise and evidence-based information with tables, algorithms, and figures to summarise important clinical practices and therapeutic procedures in the daily care of patients with kidney diseases and transplants. Thence, readers will find this book easy to read and be able to quickly equip themselves with core and practically useful knowledge. This book is written by nephrologists and allied health professionals from Singapore's oldest and largest academic renal unit at the Singapore General Hospital, which has been ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the world by Newsweek.This book provides practical guidelines and information and differentiate itself from other nephrology themed books by its origin from Asia which would especially appeal to healthcare providers in the Asian region. There are very few textbooks in nephrology from Asia. In addition, it covers the most common problems and areas encountered by healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases in a point-by-point form which is easily digestible and extremely relevant to bedside clinical practice. The book even includes a special care section dealing with special situations and procedures such as kidney supportive care, pregnancy and therapeutic plasma exchange. This book will appeal to a wide audience and even medical/nursing or allied health students will find the book useful in their studies.

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Book SynopsisThis 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 only for healthcare providers in the dialysis industry, but also for patients, dialysis equipment manufacturers as well as pharmaceutical companies.Table of ContentsThe Background; The Pioneers; Trail-blazing Approaches to Dialysis; The Development of Methods; The Development of Dialysis Apparati and Other Approaches; Dialysis Access; The Development and Recording of Dialysis in Different Parts of the World; The Present Scene; Looking into the Future.

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Book SynopsisThe renal failure and hemodialysis dependent population is increasing worldwide. Hemodialysis access is the life-line of these patients. Hemodialysis access related surgical and interventional procedures form a major demand to the healthcare services in many developed and developing countries. As such, the proper clinical decision, planning and performance of these procedures will greatly benefit the hemodialysis patients and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs. This book is a practical guide for clinicians and nurses creating, treating or managing hemodialysis accesses for renal failure patients. Basic principles to manage common or difficult situations of hemodialysis access are discussed and illustrative clinical cases are shown as examples. This book is an essential reading material for healthcare professionals in their early phase of developing the hemodialysis access program, while providing useful tips and tricks to established clinicians that will broaden their armamentarium.Table of ContentsPrinciple of Hemodialysis Access Creation; Hemodialysis Access Creation in Ordinary and Challenging Condition; Tunneled Catheter Placement; Vascular Access Maturity and Performance Surveillance; CO2 Angiogram Application and Caution; Strategies to Assist Maturation of Fistula; Endovascular and Surgical Salvage for Failing Hemodialysis Access; Endovascular and Surgical Salvage for Thrombosed Hemodialysis Access; Managing Central Vein Obstruction; Prevention and Management of Steal Syndrome; Managing Vascular Access Complications; Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach for Care of Hemodialysis Access;

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Book SynopsisThe renal failure and hemodialysis dependent population is increasing worldwide. Hemodialysis access is the life-line of these patients. Hemodialysis access related surgical and interventional procedures form a major demand to the healthcare services in many developed and developing countries. As such, the proper clinical decision, planning and performance of these procedures will greatly benefit the hemodialysis patients and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs. This book is a practical guide for clinicians and nurses creating, treating or managing hemodialysis accesses for renal failure patients. Basic principles to manage common or difficult situations of hemodialysis access are discussed and illustrative clinical cases are shown as examples. This book is an essential reading material for healthcare professionals in their early phase of developing the hemodialysis access program, while providing useful tips and tricks to established clinicians that will broaden their armamentarium.

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