Peritoneal dialysis : new concepts and applications
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Peritoneal dialysis : new concepts and applications
（Contemporary issues in nephrology, vol. 22）
Churchill Livingstone, 1990
Available at / 3 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A review of the current state of peritoneal dialysis as therapy for failing kidney function. This work contains up to date and extensively referenced coverage of peritoneal dialysis values, regiments and techniques including continuous ambulatory, continuous cycling, nightly peritoneal dialysis and tidal peritoneal dialysis. Topics and authors have been carefully selected to represent areas of dramatic recent progress in using periotneal dialysis to treat chronic and acute renal failure. It includes discussions of anatomy, phyusiology, pharmacology; technological developments; clinical procedures; prevention, diagnosis and treatment of peritonitis; special considerations involving paediatric and diabetic patients.
Table of Contents
- Anatomy of the peritoneum
- pertoneal lymphatics and kinetics of ultrainfiltration
- pharmacologic manipulations of transport
- new cycler techniques and dialysis adequacy
- advances in peritoneal access - registry experiences
- prevention, diagnosis and treatment of peritonitis
- experiences with the Y-set
- bone metabolism in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
- peritoneal dialysis in diabetics
- peritoneal dialysis in children.
by "Nielsen BookData"