Oxford Handbook of Dialysis (Oxford Handbooks Series) - Softcover

Levy, Jeremy; Brown, Edwina; Daley, Christine; Lawrence, Anastasia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198529546 ISBN 13: 9780198529545

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis provides a patient-centred and comprehensive guide to all aspects of dialysis, covering everything from patient preparation and details of both haeom- and peritoneal dialysis, to continuous haemofiltration techniques and complications of end stage kidney disease.

In this new edition, all sections have been completely updated, with new material on a multitude of topics including haemofiltration, monitoring techniques, infection prevention, new PD fluids, trials in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, integrated care, role of predialysis nurses, supportive care, care of dying patients, pain control and newer drugs such as darbepoietin, new vitamin D analogues, new anticoagulants and phosphate binders. With new chapters on transplantation and dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury, and references to the most up-to-date clinical guidelines, this handbook continues to be the essential, compact resource for anyone managing patients with end stage renal failure.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeremy Levy is a Consultant Nephrologist, Hammersmith Hospitals Trust, London, UK. Julie Morgan is a Lead Nurse, Division of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, Hammersmith Hospitals Trust, London, UK. Edwina Brown is a Consultant Nephrologist, Charing Cross Hospital, London.

Review:

From reviews of the first edition:

`It is an essential educational tool that will be useful to junior doctors and nurses who are relatively new to the speciality, although all clinical staff will find it useful when troubleshooting dialysis-related problems.'
Nursing Times

`It is up-to-date, succinct but complete.'
European Dialysis and Transplantation Nursing Association Journal

`'I suspect that this handbook would become a working diary for those who use it.''
Pediatric Nephrology

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0198529546
• ISBN 13: 9780198529545
• Binding: Flexibound
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 934