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Book SynopsisKidney Disease Management This informative book has been put together with the support and input of many clinical renal experts, who have been willing to share their knowledge and years of experience and I'm sure it will be an excellent resource for those caring for kidney patients for the first time as well as for those with some years of experience!
From the Foreword by Rosemary Macri, Chief Executive of the British Kidney Patient Association
Kidney Disease Management: A Practical Approach for the Non-Specialist Healthcare Practitioner has been written to help optimise the care of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) across the healthcare spectrum. It is aimed at a range of professionals, including nurses, junior doctors, general practitioners, pharmacists and dietitians. Specialists in training may also find it useful. It highlights the practical considerations necessary to care for people with kidney problems in situations where a specialis
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It seems clear that the writers aim to appeal to non-specialists has been successful. Any healthcare professional, working in hospital or non-hospital settings, working with the frail elderly (at particular risk of CKD) and staff working in acute surgical areas will find a lot of easy to understand information here. Any professional, previously intimidated by renal disease management, will find that this book demystifies this import area of practice. ( Nursing Times , 5 June 2014) Overall, this is a thoughtful review of general considerations for treatment options, as well as a needed overview of the psychosocial aspects of living with kidney disease. ( Doody s , 4 October 2013)
Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Foreword xi
David Colin-Thomé
Foreword xii
Rosemary Macri
Introduction: Managing Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Non-Specialist Areas: A Chronic Illness Approach xiii
Rachel Lewis
1 Managing Chronic Conditions: The Policy Context 1
Beverley Matthews
2 What Non-Specialists Need to Know about Chronic Kidney Disease 12
Graham Woodrow, Jeanette Denning and David Lewis
3 A Practical Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care 31
Hugh Rayner, Rajib Pal and Indranil Dasgupta
4 General Considerations Related to Treatment Modalities 52
Aisha I. Geeson, Charles R. V. Tomson and Lesley Lappin
5 Psychosocial Aspects of Living with Chronic Kidney Disease 76
Emma Coyne
6 Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalised Patients 101
Keith Harkins, Rachel Lewis and Rachel Hilton
7 Management of Patients with or at Risk of Kidney Disease on the Surgical Ward 122
Colin H. Jones and Maggie Higginbotham
8 Medication Management and Chronic Kidney Disease 143
Aileen Dunleavy
9 Optimising Nutrition in People with Chronic Kidney Disease 169
Helena Jackson and Sally Noble
10 Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease 194
Sheila Johnston, Helen Noble and Rachel Lewis
Index 213
