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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795821503321

Autore

Jayawardene Satish

Titolo

ABC of kidney disease / / edited by David Goldsmith, Satish Jayawardene, Penny Ackland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley-Blackwell, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication : , : BMJ Books, , 2013

ISBN

1118493737

9781118493731

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 99 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps

Collana

ABC series

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

616.6

Soggetti

Kidney Diseases

Kidney Failure, Chronic

Kidneys - Diseases

Chronic renal failure

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Diagnostic tests in chronic kidney disease / Behdad Afzali, Satish Jayawardene and David Goldsmith -- Acute kidney injury (formerly known as acute renal failure) / Rachel Hilton -- Prevalence, detection, evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease / Penny Ackland -- Pre-dialysis clinics : preparing for end-stage renal disease / Irene Hadjimichael, Eleri Wood and Katie Vinen -- Anaemia management in chronic kidney disease / Penny Ackland -- Urinary tract infections, renal stones, renal cysts and tumours and pregnancy in chronic kidney disease / David Goldsmith -- Adult nephrotic syndrome / Richard Hull, Sean Gallagher and David Goldsmith -- Renal artery stenosis / Philip Kalra, Satish Jayawardene and David Goldsmith -- Palliative care for patients with chronic kidney disease / Frances Coldstream, Neil S. Sheerin and Emma Murphy -- Dialysis / Christopher W. McIntyre and James O. Burton -- Renal transplantation / Ming He and John Taylor -- Chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation in children / Judy Taylor and Christopher Reid -- The organization of services for people with chronic kidney disease : a 21st-century challenge / Donal



O'Donoghue, John Feehally and David Goldsmith.

Sommario/riassunto

A practical guide to the most common renal diseases to help healthcare professionals screen, identify, treat and refer renal patients appropriately and to provide the best possible care.