Basic Clinical Dialysis

David Harris is Associate Dean of the Western Clinical School of the University of Sydney, at Westmead Hospital. He is a nephrologist and prior to his appointment as Associate Dean he was Director of Nephrology and Dialysis in Western Sydney. He is also a Past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and Director of Kidney Health Australia, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network, a member of the Executive of the Asian Pacific Society and International Societies of Nephrology, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nephrology. Dr Gopi Rangan is a staff specialist in Renal Medicine at Westmead Hospital and Area Health Services. He is Director of Peritoneal Dialysis, Western Sydney area Health Services and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. He is currently researching the role of cell cycle regulatory proteins in mediating tubular epithelial cell hyperplasia in chronic proteinuric renal disease. Lukas Kairaitis is a staff specialist nephrologist at Westmead Hospital and Director of haemodialysis in the Western Sydney Area Health Service. His clinical interests include medical education, dialysis access and infection control in dialysis patients. He is currently enrolled in a PhD programme at University of Sydney investigating the role of progression factors in chronic renal failure. Dr Grahame Elder is a staff specialist in renal medicine at Westmead Hospital and is in charge of the Renal Metabolic Bone Service. He has chaired the Education Committee of Kidney Health Australia and the National Renal Resource Centre and is a subject editor for Progressive Chronic Renal Disease in the journal Nephrology

PrefaceList of protocolsList of tablesAbbreviationsPart 1 IntroductionChapter 1.1 Normal kidney functionChapter 1.2 Stages of chronic kidney diseaseChapter 1.3 Assessment of the patient with chronic kidney diseaseChapter 1.4 Limitations of dialysis as replacement for normal kidney functionChapter 1.5 Preparation of the patient for maintenance dialysisChapter 1.6 Conservative therapy for advanced chronic kidney diseasePart 2 General care of patients with chronic kidney diseaseChapter 2.1 Cardiovascular risk managementChapter 2.2 ErythropoiesisChapter 2.3 Bleeding and thrombosisChapter 2.4 Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, calcium, phosphate and bonesChapter 2.5 Endocrine disturbances of chronic kidney diseaseChapter 2.6 Infection controlChapter 2.7 Pregnancy and dialysisChapter 2.8 Preparation for transplantationChapter 2.9 Drug prescription to dialysis patientsChapter 2.10 NutritionChapter 2.11 Routine surveillance of dialysis patientsPart 3 HaemodialysisChapter 3.1 Haemodialysis physiologyChapter 3.2 Haemodialysis equipmentChapter 3.3 Haemodialysis adequacy and prescriptionChapter 3.4 Vascular access for haemodialysisChapter 3.5 Anticoagulation for haemodialysisChapter 3.6 The first haemodialysis treatmentChapter 3.7 Complications during haemodialysisChapter 3.8 Haemodialysis in childrenPart 4 Chronic peritoneal dialysisChapter 4.1 General principlesChapter 4.2 Peritoneal membrane physiologyChapter 4.3 Peritoneal dialysis access and complicationsChapter 4.4 Peritoneal dialysis training and educationChapter 4.5 Peritoneal dialysis solutions and connection systemsChapter 4.6 Methods of chronic peritoneal dialysisChapter 4.7 Prescribing and modifying chronic peritoneal dialysisChapter 4.8 Peritonitis and exit-site infectionsChapter 4.9 Medical complications of chronic peritoneal dialysisChapter 4.10 Peritoneal dialysis in childrenPart 5 Acute dialysisChapter 5.1 Dialysis in acute renal failureChapter 5.2 Extracorporeal therapy for acute poisoningChapter 5.3 PlasmapheresisIndex