1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996581531303316

Titolo

Digest of papers / / Topical Meeting on Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, NJ, : IEEE Service Center, ©1998-

ISSN

2474-9761

Disciplina

621.3

Soggetti

Integrated circuits - Design and construction

Very high speed integrated circuits

Radio circuits - Design and construction

Wireless communication systems - Equipment and supplies

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from PDF version of original t.p. (viewed Sept. 14, 2001).

Some issues missing title page.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971978803321

Autore

Chambers

Titolo

Supportive care for the renal patient / / edited by E. Joanna Chambers, Edwina A. Brown, Michael J. Germain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786613894007

9780191575754

0191575755

9781283581554

1283581558

9780191730139

0191730130

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 312 p. : ill

Collana

Supportive care series

Altri autori (Persone)

ChambersE. Joanna

GermainMichael (Michael J.)

BrownEdwina A

Disciplina

616.6/1406

Soggetti

Kidneys - Diseases - Treatment

Internal medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to ethical case analysis -- 1 Changing patterns of renal replacement therapy -- 2 The concept of supportive care for the renal patient -- 3 Planning a renal palliative care programme and its components -- 4 Advance care planning in patients with end-stage renal disease -- 5 What determines a good outcome? The selection of patients for renal replacement therapy -- 6 Health-related quality of life and the patient with chronic kidney disease -- 7 Symptoms in renal disease -- their epidemiology, assessment, and management -- 8 Management of pain in renal failure -- 9 Psychological and psychiatric considerations in patients with advanced renal disease -- 10 Spiritual care of the renal patient -- 11 Support of the home-dialysis patient -- 12 Initiation, withdrawal, and withholding of dialysis -- 12.1 Clinical -- 12.2



Communicating with patients and family -- 13 Conservative management of end-stage renal disease -- 14 End-stage renal disease in the older person -- 15 Death and end-of-life care in advanced kidney disease -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based overview of supportive care for the renal patient. An international group of contributors emphasise the continuum of palliative care from the time of diagnosis through to end-of-life care and the issues surrounding withdrawal of dialysis.