Handbook of Dialysis 4th Edition by John T. Daugirdas, Peter G. Blake and Todd S. Ing offers sensible, accessible data on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, particular problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to varied organ systems.
This edition displays the most recent tips of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Illness Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent day by day or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration.
Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been fully revised. Every chapter offers references to relevant Internet sites. The authors try to fill certain voids in the third edition, specifically placing larger emphasis on continual kidney disease (CKD) levels 3 and 4, offering extra full and present information on numerous aspects of water treatment and vascular entry, and making it extra person-pleasant to practitioners worldwide by having direct unit conversions instead of leaving readers to transform the models themselves.
General, the authors achieve these goals. Practitioners from varied backgrounds will find this useful. Skilled clinicians will appreciate the power to rapidly "grab-and-go" to evaluation points they may not encounter daily. The much less experienced clinicians and those in training will respect the convenience of searching for specific info all through the book as well as the comparatively straightforward to learn style.
Nursing employees of dialysis models will certainly be capable of appreciate the material, although most topics don't notably target their medical roles and consequently they would have to seek out further reading. This is a well written book from probably the most honored researchers in the subject of nephrology. It begins with discussions relating to management of CKD, though it's not supposed to be an entire resource.
The evaluation of hemodialysis, the importance of water purification, access, dosing, anticoagulation, issues, etc., progresses logically. Peritoneal dialysis, generally uncared for in other books, is discussed nicely in the same format, albeit in much less detail than hemodialysis. The end of the book covers different elements of renal replacement therapies, together with anemia management (with the updated pointers), diabetes-hypertension-cardiovascular illness risk modification, genitourinary changes that arise throughout the duration of CKD progression, etc.
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