Handbook of Dialysis

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MANAGEMENT: Approach to the CKD Patient: Management of Chronic Kidney Disease, Stages 1-4, Shona Pendse and Ajay Singh / Initiation of Dialysis, Shona Pendse, Ajay K. Singh, and Edward T. Zawada, Jr.

BLOOD-BASED THERAPIES: Physiologic Principles and Urea Kinetic Modeling, John T. Daugirdas / Hemodialysis Apparatus, Suhail Ahmad, Madhukar Misra, and John T. Daugirdas / Product Water and Hemodialysis Solution Preparation, Richard A. Ward and Todd S. Ing / Venous Catheter Access for Hemodialysis, Michael Allon and Jack Work / Arteriovenous (AV) Access for Hemodialysis, Victoria Kumar, Thomas Depner, Anatole Besarab, and Shubha Ananthakrishnan / Acute Hemodialysis Prescription, John T. Daugirdas, Edward A. Ross, and Allen R. Nissenson / Chronic Hemodialysis Prescription: A Urea Kinetic Approach, John T. Daugirdas / Complications During Hemodialysis, Richard A. Sherman, John T. Daugirdas, and Todd S. Ing / Dialyzer Reuse, Allen M. Kaufman, Robert Levin, Ravi Jayakaran, and Nathan W. Levin / Anticoagulation, Andrew Davenport, Joachim Hertel, Dawn M. Keep, and Ralph J. Caruana / Slow Continuous Therapies, Boon Wee Teo, Jennifer S. Messer, Emil P. Paganini, Miles H. Sigler, Brendan P. Teehan, John T. Daugirdas, and Todd S. Ing / Frequent Daily or Nocturnal Hemodialysis, Gihad E. Nesrallah, Rita S. Suri, Robert M. Lindsay, and Andreas Pierratos / Hemodiafiltration and Hemofiltration, Bernard Canaud and Detlef Krieter / Plasmapheresis, Nuhad Ismail, Dobri D. Kiprov, and Raymond M. Hakim / Use of Dialysis and Hemoperfusion in Treatment of Poisoning, James F. Winchester, Adin Boldur, Chima Oleru, and Chagriya Kitiyakara

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: Physiology of Peritoneal Dialysis, Peter G. Blake and John T. Daugirdas / Apparatus for Peritoneal Dialysis, Olof Heimbürger and Peter G. Blake / Peritoneal Access Devices, Stephen R. Ash and John T. Daugirdas / Acute Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription, Stephen M. Korbet and Nouhad O. Kronfol / Adequacy of Peritoneal Dialysis and Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription, Peter G. Blake / Volume Status and Fluid Overload in Peritoneal Dialysis, Neil Boudville and Peter G. Blake / Peritonitis and Exit-Site Infection, David J. Leehey, Cheuk-Chun Szeto, and Philip K-T Li / Mechanical Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis, Joanne M. Bargman / Metabolic Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis, Sarah S. Prichard

CLINICAL PROBLEM AREAS: Psychosocial Issues in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients, Scott D. Cohen, Vicenzio Perkins, and Paul L. Kimmel / Nutrition, Michael V. Rocco and Alp Ikizler / Serum Enzyme Levels, N. D. Vaziri and D. Kayichian / Diabetes, Antonios H. Tzamaloukas and Eli A. Friedman / Hypertension, Carmine Zoccali and Reggio Cal / Hematologic Abnormalities, Steven Fishbane and Emil P. Paganini / Infections, David J. Leehey, Joan P. Cannon, and Joseph R. Lentino / Endocrine Disturbances, Michael J. Flanigan and Victoria S. Lim / Bone Disease, Daniel W. Coyne, Steven C. Cheng, and James A. Delmez / Dialysis in Infants and Children, Susan R. Mendley / Heart and Circulation, Daniel E. Weiner, Anthony J. Nicholls, and Mark J. Sarnak / The Digestive Tract, Susie Q. Lew and Juan P. Bosch / Genitourinary Tract and Male Reproductive Organs, Kar Neng Lai, Anthony J. Schaeffer, and Biff F. Palmer / Obstetrics and Gynecology, Susan Grossman and Susan Hou / Musculoskeletal and Rheumatologic Diseases, Jonathan Kay / Nervous System, Anthony J. Nicholls / Aluminum Toxicity, Patrick C. DHaese and Marc E. DeBroe

Appendix A: Urea Kinetic Modeling: Tables and Figures

Appendix B: Molecular Weights and Conversion Tables