The Travels of Ibn Battuta, A.D. 1325-1354 / / edited by H.A.R. Gibb

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460095903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-351-53994-9; 1-351-53995-7; 1-317-01335-2; 1-315-08505-4; 1-283-11549-2; 9786613115492; 1-4094-1715-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 915.10424
• Soggetti: Travelers - Islamic Empire
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter Ibn Juzayy's Introduction, in which the Origin and Compilation of the Book is Set Forth -- chapter I North-West Africa and Egypt -- chapter II Syria -- chapter III From Damascus to Mecca -- chapter IV Mecca -- chapter V From Mecca to Kufa.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. Between 1324 and 1354 he journeyed through North Africa and Asia Minor and as far as China. On a separate voyage he crossed the Sahara to the Muslim lands of West Africa. His journeys are estimated to have covered over 75,000 miles and he is the only medieval traveller known to have visited every Muslim state of the time, besides the 'infidel' countries of Istanbul, Ceylon and China. This first volume records the earliest journeys through Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Arabia, on pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Islam. Among the detailed descriptions of towns on the road and of their inhabitants, he gives a particularly circumstancial account of Medina and Mecca. Sir Hamilton Gibb's edition is in four volumes with introduction and full notes. This first complete and scholarly edition in English has proved essential to orientalists and illuminating to medievalists. The travels are a major source for the political and ; economic life of large regions of Asia and Africa. The observations of this intelligent representative of Islamic culture on almost all the known inhabited world beyond Europe provide fruitful comparisons with the life and geographical knowledge of the West. Translated with revisions and new annotation from the Arabic text edited by C. Derry and B.R. Sanguinetti. Covers travels in North-West Africa, Egypt, Syria, and to Mecca. Continued in Second Series 117, 141, and 178, and with the index in 190. The main pagination of all the volumes is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1958."--Provided by publisher.

Handbook of dialysis / / edited by John T. Daugirdas, Peter G. Blake, , Todd S. Ing

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796024003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4698-3086-8; 1-4963-2451-X
• Edizione: [Fifth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (844 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.4/61059
• Soggetti: Hemodialysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Lippincott Williams & Wilkins handbook"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Handbook of Dialysis""; ""Contributing Authors""; ""Preface""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PART I CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MANAGEMENT""; ""1 Approach to Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Stages 1â€?4""; ""2 Management of CKD Stages 4 and 5: Preparation for Transplantation, Dialysis, or Conservative Care""; ""PART II BLOOD-BASED THERAPIES""; ""3 Physiologic Principles and Urea Kinetic Modeling""; ""4 Hemodialysis Apparatus""; ""5 Dialysis Water and Dialysate""; ""6 Arteriovenous Fistulas and Grafts: The Basics""; ""7 Venous Catheter Access: The Basics""; ""8 Arteriovenous Vascular Access Monitoring and Complications""""9 ; Venous Catheter Infections and Other Complications""; ""10 Acute Hemodialysis Prescription""; ""11 Chronic Hemodialysis Prescription""; ""12 Complications during Hemodialysis""; ""13 Dialyzer Reuse""; ""14 Anticoagulation""; ""15 Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies""; ""16 Home and Intensive Hemodialysis""; ""17 Hemodiafiltration""; ""18 Therapeutic Apheresis""; ""19 The Relevance of Sorbent Technology Today""; ""20 Use of Dialysis and Hemoperfusion in the Treatment of Poisoning""; ""PART III: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS""; ""21 Physiology of Peritoneal Dialysis""""22 Apparatus for Peritoneal Dialysis""; ""23 Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters, Placement, and Care""; ""24 Peritoneal Dialysis for the Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury""; ""25 Adequacy of Peritoneal Dialysis and Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription""; ""26 Volume Status and Fluid Overload in Peritoneal Dialysis""; ""27 Peritonitis and Exit-Site Infection""; ""28 Hernias, Leaks, and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis""; ""29 Metabolic, Acid-Base, and Electrolye Aspects of Peritoneal Dialysis""; ""PART IV: CLINICAL PROBLEM AREAS""; ""30 Psychosocial Issues""""31 Nutrition""; ""32 Diabetes""; ""33 Hypertension""; ""34 Hematologic Abnormalities""; ""35 Infections""; ""36 Bone Disease""; ""37 Dialysis in Infants and Children""; ""38 Cardiovascular Disease""; ""39 Obstetrics and Gynecology in Dialysis Patients""; ""40 Nervous System and Sleep Disorders""; ""APPENDIX A Tools for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate and Daily Creatinine Excretion""; ""APPENDIX B Nutritional Tools""; ""APPENDIX C Urea Kinetic Modeling""; ""APPENDIX D Molecular Weights and Conversion Tables""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "Handbook of Dialysis is now completely revised in its Fifth Edition. It continues to provides practical, accessible information on all aspects of dialysis with emphasis on day-to-day patient management. Authored by international experts, chapters provide complete coverage of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, special problems in dialysis patients, and problems pertaining to various organ systems"--Provided by publisher.