This book is an evidencebased review of the practical challenges of dealingwith patients receiving dialysis. The first section covers technical andprocedural co... » 

This book is an evidencebased review of the practical challenges of dealingwith patients receiving dialysis. The first section covers technical andprocedural considerations such as choosing the hemodialysis membrane andchoosing the best dialysis option. The second section covers clinicalconsiderations such as infection and the treatment of specific renal diseasecomplications. The book includes numerous illustrations and tables and drugcharts for dialysis patients. This editions current outcomes chapter has beenexpanded to include patient depression and improving quality of care. Newchapters cover dialysis in the ICU valvular heart disease and preemptiverenal transplantation. «