Product Description: A brief, highly readable book providing the clinician with a straightforward approach to solving even the most complex, acid-base, fluid, and electrolyte problems. Useful to medical students, interns and residents, nurses responsible for IV fluid therapy, and first year nephrology fellows
Product Description: A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis
If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life.
In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to:
Understand kidney failure
Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure
Get a proper diagnosis
Talk with your doctors about it
Confidently evaluate treatment options
Take charge of your treatment
Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether
The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser's revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage.
Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.
Download Description: A breakthrough nutritional program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis
Kidney disease is a major, underrecognized, and undertreated problem in North America. Now, a top expert at Johns Hopkins explains how to recognize the problem early, evaluate current treatment, then take charge of care with his
12-step plan. Based on treatments he's pioneered with his own patients, Dr. Walser's unique program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet, supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high blood cholesterol-a breakthrough strategy that can delay the need for dialysis.
Mackenzie Walser, MD (Baltimore, MD), is Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Betsy Thorpe (Stamford, CT) is the coauthor of Carol Guber's Type 2 Diabetes Life Plan.
Handbook of Dialysis (HANDBOOK OF DIALYSIS) from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 3 used from $49.25 32 Thirdparty New from $49.25 Edition: Fourth Edition Media: Paperback EAN: 9780781752534 ISBN: 0781752531 Number Of Pages: 800 Publication Date: 2006-12-01 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The revised, updated Fourth Edition of this popular handbook provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis, with emphasis on day-to-day management of patients. Chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems. This edition reflects the latest guidelines of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis adequacy and on nutrition. New chapters cover chronic kidney disease management in predialysis patients, frequent daily or nocturnal hemodialysis, and hemodiafiltration. Chapters on venous and arteriovenous access have been completely revised. Each chapter provides references to relevant Web sites.
Product Description: This concise overview of renal physiology introduces basic science principles and their relevance in the clinical expression of disease. Each chapter incorporates a wealth of pedagogical aids including: study questions, learning objectives, and clinical examples. Also serves as a good review for the USMLE Step 1.
Product Description: Using a practical, straight-forward introduction to dialysis, this text is a must-have reference for health care workers caring for hemodialysis patients. Assuming no prior knowledge of patient care, nursing procedures, or dialysis principles, it takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide an overview of dialysis technology and the relationship of dialysis to nursing, nutrition, medicine, and psychosocial aspects of treatment. Each chapter is presented in a logical question-and-answer format that promotes critical thinking and engages the reader. Lifespan content, home dialysis considerations, and quick reference material enhance the text's comprehensive approach to care. Its up-to-date material and comprehensiveness also make it an excellent resource for dialysis technicians preparing for a certification examination.
Features a question-and-answer format that streamlines the learning process and engages the reader.
Offers comprehensive coverage including a review of fluids and electrolytes through transplantation, infection control and the important psychosocial aspects of dialysis treatment.
Introduces new terms and concepts using simplified language style to assist the patient, novice health care worker, and technician with the learning process.
Offers definitions of new terms and clear explanations of concepts along with the "how and why" of principles and effects to facilitate learning and foster critical thinking.
Covers the lifespan with separate chapters on pediatric hemodialysis and end-stage renal disease in the elderly.
Includes home dialysis therapies to provide instruction on this important aspect of care.
Focuses on the roles of the multidisciplinary dialysis team, including the patient and the patient's family, to provide a comprehensive approach to dialysis and the related patient care.
Provides an excellent resource for dialysis technicians preparing for a certification examination.
Includes useful quick reference content - including nephrology organizations and resources, conversion table, and a glossary.
Provides updated information to reflect current changes and technological advances in dialysis therapy.
Features two new chapters that offer up-to-date and comprehensive coverage: Clinical Manifestations of ESRD and Laboratory Data - Analysis and Interpretation.
Includes updated HCFA requirements and guidelines and DOQI guidelines to promote standards of nephrology care.
Offers new and expanded pharmacologic information to provide readers with a current and complete resource.
Product Description: Here is the classic pocket guide to drug-dosing for patients with impaired renal function in a revised and updated New Edition! Easy-to-read tables put the information physicians need when determining dosages for more than 450 drugs at their fingertips. Plus, this New Edition features brand-new guidance on pediatric dosing, making it the most complete resource of its kind.
Product Description: As an official publication of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Primer on Kidney Diseases has received wide critical acclaim since it first published in 1994. Now in its 4th Edition, it continues to provide a current view of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, dialysis, and renal transplantation.
· Incorporates the latest NKF Kidney/Outcome Quality Initiative (K/DOQI) guidelines on chronic kidney disease staging and management. · Delivers balanced and accurate cutting-edge management and treatment guidelines. · Features over 70 international experts in all who offer fresh perspectives and a global view of kidney disease. · Presents new chapters on pathogenesis and pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy and genetic basis of glomerular and structural kidney disorders. . · Provides expanded coverage of the pathophysiology and management of chronic kidney disease. · Includes a more colorful interior design plus redrawn artwork for ease of use.
Product Description: This fully revised new edition brings you today's best knowledge on every clinical condition encountered in nephrology in one concise yet comprehensive, clinically focused source. A team of international experts present the latest information on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management for a full range of kidney disorders. A full-color, highly visual, meticulously crafted format makes this material remarkably easy for you to access and apply. Plus, a bonus CD-ROM containing all of the figures and tables from the book lets you create electronic presentations.
Tap in to the best clinical advice from world leading authorities.
Make informed decisions with the right amount of basic science and practical knowledge of clinical medicine for every disorder.
Know exactly what tests to order to make a quick and accurate diagnosis.
Create electronic presentations via the included CD-ROM featuring the complete collection of images and diagrams from the text.
Locate and digest information easily thanks to a highly templated, remarkably user-friendly format.
Get at-a-glance access to key information using two-color algorithms and abundant tables.
Enhance your clinical acumen with new chapters, reflecting new advances in clinical practice: Pathophysiology and Etiology of Acute Renal Failure · ICU Nephrology · Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of Chronic Renal Failure · Neurologic Disease in Chronic Renal Failure · Dermatologic Manifestations in Chronic Renal Failure · and Renal Replacement in the ICU .
Broaden your perspective with insights from New Editor and internationally recognized expert Dr. Jürgen Floege.
Obtain a firm understanding of complex concepts through updated text, tables, references, and more than 1,100 illustrations900 in full color.
The leading reference on anesthesia during pregnancy and delivery is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. This volume provides complete information on anesthesia for vaginal delivery, cesarean section, obstetric complications, anesthetic complications, anesthesia for nonobstetric disorders during pregnancy, and management of the fetus and newborn. This edition provides expanded coverage of infectious diseases during delivery, including HIV, herpes, chorioamnionitis, labor epidural fever, and sepsis. The section on anesthetic complications includes a new chapter on the difficult airway, failed intubation, and cardiac arrest. There is a revised chapter on evaluation of the neonate and more information about CT, ultrasound, and MRI.
Product Description: This superbly written text gives students, residents, and practitioners the edge in understanding the mechanisms and clinical management of acid-base disorders. Presents the core information to understand renal and electrolyte physiology, and reviews the treatment rationale for all major acid-base and electrolyte disturbances. The entire text is exhaustively revised, and now includes questions and answers in each chapter.