Issues in Kidney Disease a Dialysis is a collection of nineteen independent chapters written by internationally renowned authors, covering a wide range of topics, from the history and milestones to the future, in different renal replacement therapy modalities, such as hemodialysis, online hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis. This book will appeal to renal fellows, nephrologists, and physicians involved with chronic kidney disease patients on maintenance dialysis, including all those interested in the advances and challenges still facing medicine. It brings timely and updated reviews and addresses trends, challenges, and controversies of dialysis therapies.

Despite our efforts at creating clinical performance measures, clinical practice guidelines and intense government regulations, we still have disparities in care, poor outcomes and quality that is inferior to many other nations. Bundling and payment reform challenge the ability to deliver good care to patients even further. Chronic dialysis is at a crossroads. Physicians and providers must incorporate new approaches, reinventing the paradigm of how to plot the course of patient therapy. This book offers new ideas. It is refreshing, timely and engaging, with a wide range of topics by leading authors, each designed to help meet the challenges yet to come.

In 1989, the nephrology community was confronted with the combination of high tech and high flux, realising for the first time that short, but mathematically "adequate" therapy resulted in unacceptable outcomes. This book discusses issues that doctors must pay close attention to; those that cause the greatest harm to patients. New discoveries prove that chronic kidney disease (CKD) causes a muscle wasting syndrome, and that epo hyporesponsiveness harbingers a variety of underlying etiologies. From renowned surgeons, doctors are gaining practical insights into methods to improve arteriovenous fistula survival and cardiovascular surgery outcomes. The book applies the new information that can now be accessed to meet the personal needs of these patients.

Issues in Kidney Disease-Transplantation is a collection of seventeen independent chapters written by renowned authors, covering a wide range of topics, from the overview of transplantation, the complex process of paired organ donation, transplantation in highly sensitized recipients, recurrent disease following transplantation, controversies in multi-organ transplantation, the successes in short and long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation, and the complex issues of ethics in transplantation. This book will appeal to renal fellows, nephrologists, and other physicians involved with kidney transplantation, transplant coordinators, social workers, and other allied health professionals. It brings timely and updated reviews, addresses important controversies in kidney transplantation, and outlines opportunities for future research.

Patients with kidney disease often find it difficult to understand and undertake the lifestyle changes that will help them stay as healthy as possible. This book offers patients information and guidance on how to stay healthy with kidney disease in a clear, comprehensive, and encouraging way. The first section explains the basics of the disease and how it interacts with other common health issues, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and aging. The second section breaks down the changes a patient can make to their exercise, treatment, and diet to maximize their kidney function, including helpful tips and healthy recipes. Written by top nephrologists with experience writing for non-specialists, this easy-to-read guide will help kidney disease patients and caregivers manage the illness and keep patients healthy.

Issues in Kidney Disease - Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a collection of 17 detailed chapters written by world leaders and experts in nephrology in order to provide a comprehensive review of kidney disease using evidence-based recommendations and guidelines. This book starts with an excellent introduction and classification of CKD and progresses into various important aspects of CKD care including prevention, diabetes, hypertension, acid-base disturbances, genetic and age considerations, glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, aging, as well as considerations for patients in pregnancy and with malignancy. This book will appeal to trainees and practicing clinicians in internal and family medicine, as well as nephrology, who would like current and practical clinical knowledge of chronic kidney disease to help improve the lives of patients with this condition.