Basic clinical dialysis.0074715011 Basic clinical dialysis. Ed. by David Harris et al. McGraw-Hill 2005 264 pages $29.95 Paperback RC901 This pocket (4.5x7") guide compiles concise information on the clinical care and management of chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also know as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years through five stages. Each stage is a progression through an abnormally low and progressively worse glomerular filtration rate, which is through dialysis treatment. Basic principles of patient management are presented in bulleted bul·let·ed adj. Printing Highlighted or set off with bullets: a bulleted list. lists and tables, and management protocols provide step-by-step guidelines for patient care. The reference is written for the Australian market, with reference to local protocols and practices, and will be of use to medical students and paramedical par·a·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being a person trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. 2. staff. Snelling is president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology nephrology Branch of medicine dealing with kidney function and diseases. An understanding of kidney physiology is important not only in treating kidney disease but in knowing the effect of drugs, diet, and hypertension on kidney disease, and vice versa. . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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