Clinical Dialysis, 4th ed.RC901 2004-045912 0-07-141939-X Clinical dialysis dialysis (dīăl`ĭsĭs), in chemistry, transfer of solute (dissolved solids) across a semipermeable membrane. Strictly speaking, dialysis refers only to the transfer of the solute; transfer of the solvent is called osmosis. , 4th ed. Title main entry. Ed. by Allen R. Nissenson and Richard Fine. McGraw-Hill, [c]2005 1169 p. $275.00 For this fourth edition of a reference on all dialysis techniques, Nissenson (medicine, University of California-Los Angeles) and Fine (pediatrics pediatrics (pēdēă`trĭks), branch of medicine dedicated to the attainment of the best physical, emotional, and social health for infants, children, and young people generally. , State University of New York-Stony Brook) offer expanded coverage of pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. dialysis, home-based dialysis, new dialysis technologies, and the latest equipment and drugs, reflecting dramatic advances in multiple areas related to the delivery of acute and chronic renal replacement therapy Renal replacement therapy is a term used to encompass life-supporting treatments for renal failure. It includes:
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