Pediatric Dialysis Case Studies

Preface

1 Peritoneal Access

2 Peritoneal Equilibration Testing and Application

3 Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription

4 Dialysis During Infancy

5 Hypotension in Infants on Peritoneal Dialysis

6 Ethical Dialysis Decisions in Infants with End Stage Kidney Disease 7 Catheter Exit-site and Tunnel Infections

8 Peritonitis

9 Relapsing and Recurreny Peritonitis

10 Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Hydrothorax and Hernia

11 Ultrafiltration Failure

12 Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis

13 Difficult Vascular Access 14 Hemodialysis Prescription

15 Intensified Hemodialysis

16 Home Hemodialysis

17 Myocardial Stunning

18 Cather Related Blood Stream Infection

19 Intradialytic Hypotension: Potential Causes and Mediating Factors

20 Dialyzer Reaction 21 Nutritional Management of Infants on Dialysis

22 Nutritional Management of Children and Adolescents

23 Anemia

24 Chronic Kidney Disease: Mineral Bone Disorder

25 Growth Delay

26 Hypertension

27 Cardiovascular Disease

28 Sleep Disorders 29 Highly Sensitized Dialysis Patient

30 Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth on Dialysis

31 Non-adherence

32 Transition to Adult Care

33 Pregnancy in a Woman Approaching End Stage Kidney Disease

34 Withholding and Withdrawal of Dialysis

35 Does Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Have a Role in the Management of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)? 36 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and AKI

37 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for a Neonate

38 Anticoagulation and CRRT

39 Extracorporeal Liver Dialysis in Children

40 Therapeutic Apheresis

41 Neonatal Hyperammonemia

42 Primary Hyperoxaluria

43 Intoxications 44 Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease

Bradley A. Warady, MD

University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Department of Pediatric Nephrology

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

 

Franz Schaefer, MD

Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Heidelberg, Germany

 

Steven R. Alexander, MD

Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Department of Pediatrics

Stanford University School of Medicine


Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Stanford, California, USA

"This book presents case-based synopses of dialysis-related pediatric nephrology topics. ... This is certainly an excellent guide for pediatric nephrology postgraduate trainees and also for pediatric dialysis professionals who wish to expand their knowledge base and their understanding the concepts behind standard-of-care pediatric dialysis techniques and protocols. ... This excellent case-based, patient care guide provides current standards of care and educational concepts behind pediatric dialysis practice. ... This is a very readable, current, and practical guide." (Aftab S. Chishti, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2018)