Pocket Guide to Clinical Dialysis

Pocket Guide to Clinical Dialysis 2e
About the editors v About the contributors vi
Preface ix
List of protocols x
List of tables xiv
List of figures xvii Abbreviations xviii Part 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 1.1 Normal kidney function 3
Chapter 1.2 Stages of chronic kidney disease 5
Chapter 1.3 Assessment of the patient with chronic kidney disease 8
Chapter 1.4 Limitations of dialysis as replacement fornormal kidney function 18
Chapter 1.5 Early chronic kidney disease and preparation of the patient for maintenance dialysis 20
Chapter 1.6 Conservative therapy for advanced chronickidney disease 29
Part 2 General care of patients with chronickidney disease 37
Chapter 2.1 Chronic kidney disease mineral and bonedisorder 39
Chapter 2.2 Cardiovascular risk and its management 52
Chapter 2.3 Erythropoiesis 61
Chapter 2.4 Bleeding and thrombosis 68
Chapter 2.5 Endocrine disturbances of chronickidney disease 76
Chapter 2.6 Infection control 84
Chapter 2.7 Pregnancy and dialysis 90
Chapter 2.8 Preparation for kidney transplantation 97
Chapter 2.9 Drug prescribing to patients on dialysis 103
Chapter 2.10 Nutrition 108
Chapter 2.11 Routine monitoring of dialysis patients 115
Chapter 2.12 Testing health-related quality of lifeand functional ability 119
Part 3 Haemodialysis 123
Chapter 3.1 Haemodialysis physiology 125
Chapter 3.2 Haemodialysis equipment 132
Chapter 3.3 Haemodialysis adequacy and prescription 137
Chapter 3.4 Vascular access for haemodialysis 148
Chapter 3.5 Anticoagulation for haemodialysis 169
Chapter 3.6 Managing the first haemodialysis treatmentin a patient with end-stage kidney disease 173
Chapter 3.7 Complications during haemodialysis 176
Chapter 3.8 Haemodialysis in children 186
Part 4 Chronic peritoneal dialysis 189
Chapter 4.1 General principles 191
Chapter 4.2 Peritoneal membrane physiology 196
Chapter 4.3 Peritoneal dialysis access and complications 202
Chapter 4.4 Peritoneal dialysis

David Harris is Associate Dean of the Western Clinical School of the University of Sydney, at Westmead Hospital. He is a nephrologist and prior to his appointment as Associate Dean he was Director of Nephrology and Dialysis in Western Sydney.