Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Karger eBooks Collection 1997-2009
ISBN:
9783318013474
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380558119X
Series Statement:
Contributions to nephrology 150
Content:
Even though peritoneal dialysis (PD) is by now well established and its advantages in terms of clinical efficacy, social impact and individual tolerance are acknowledged, it is still underutilized on a global scale. In view of this fact, the publication at hand has two objectives, namely to provide help to identify possible obstacles to a wider application of PD and to advance a project called USS PD: Understanding, Starting and Sustaining Peritoneal Dialysis (initiated by the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation of the St. Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy).The initial part of this book is thus dedicated to basic principles of PD, as understanding how this technique works is one of the prerequisites to improve the quality of its application and, ultimately, its outcomes. In the second part, in-depth reviews help the physician to identify the benefits and problems involved in a PD program, facilitating the initiation of a new program or the start of new patients on PD. The third part, finally, is dedicated to potential complications and technical solutions designed to solve the problems of the different techniques. This helps physicians to sustain the use of PD after having acquired the know how and the capacity of starting the program. Everyone interested in understanding and implementing PD will highly profit from the papers presented in this publication
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Basic Elements; Biology of Peritoneal Membrane; Update on Peritoneal Dialysis Solution; Sodium and Water Homeostasis; Chronic Inflammation in Peritoneal Dialysis; Peritoneal Dialysis: Adequacy Issues and Beyond; Reviews in Peritoneal Dialysis; Peritoneal Dialysis: A Therapy for Uremia and Beyond; Transplantation and Peritoneal Dialysis; Transplantation and Beyond; Automated Peritoneal Dialysis; New Technologies; Author Index; Subject Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783318013474
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783805581196
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Peritoneal dialysis Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau[u.a.] : Karger, 2006 ISBN 380558119X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
DOI:
10.1159/isbn.978-3-318-01347-4
Author information:
Ronco, Claudio 1951-
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