Silva's Diagnostic Renal Pathology

The kidneys are responsible for many key bodily functions, but their primary role as a filter of toxins makes them extremely susceptible to disease. Often these diseases can only be diagnosed through a renal biopsy, a complicated procedure requiring ancillary immunologic and molecular diagnostic techniques. Many academic centers set aside dedicated laboratories specifically for renal pathology due to the amount of expertise required. This book covers all methods used by renal pathologists to diagnose a wide range of kidney diseases.

 

Silva's Diagnostic Renal Pathology 

Unlike most literature on renal pathology, this book is situated on the midpoint between encyclopedic and superficial coverage, written for the signing-out pathologist. While focusing on tumors and transplantation rejection, a full spectrum of infectious, inflammatory, and congenital disorders is covered in both pediatric and adult populations and is analyzed not only by light microscopy but by each applicable diagnostic modality available. The text is illustrated with more than 1,000 photomicrographs and diagrams, including a CD-ROM of all images.

Source : Silva's Diagnostic Renal Pathology

Here's an in-depth, quick-reference, problem-solving resource for those involved in the care of dialysis patients. More than 120 world-class authorities discuss dialysis techniques, mechanical considerations, and complications related to various diseases for both pediatric and adult patients. Selected annotated references and excellent cross-referencing between chapters help you find answers fast, and more than 100 photos, drawings, charts, and tables, mostly in color, clarify complex topics. Providing practical, immediately useful guidelines that can be applied directly to patient care, this book is a "must-have" for all dialysis caregivers.

• Presents the practice-proven experience of top experts in the field of dialysis treatment.
• Offers dialysis guidance for both adult and pediatric patients in one convenient source.
• Features a readable hands-on approach, allowing you to quickly review the complicated concepts of dialysis.
• Includes helpful annotated bibliography lists in each section for further in-depth research on any subject.
• Explains complex dialysis concepts through abundant diagrams, photos, line drawings, and tables.

Handbook of Dialysis Therapy

• Features a new 4-color format, enabling you to find the guidance you need more quickly.
• Includes coverage of convective dialytic therapies and the results of recent clinical trials.
• Ensures that you keep current on pediatric dialysis concerns prevention and treatment with new chapters including prevention and treatment of bone disease, management of anemia, assessing quality of life in pediatric patients undergoing dialysis, and immunizations in children undergoing dialysis. 

Source: Handbook of Dialysis Therapy

Dialysis Jobs: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Creative Cooking for Renal Diabetic Diets

Review Of Book.
Pros:

As stated already, the print is large and the recipes are simple. Ingredients are easy to find.

Cons:

Recipes are made for 6 servings. In my case, I am cooking for two people, so I have taken to entering the recipes into MasterCook 8 so I can tailor them if needed. As a result, I often find the numbers are wrong in the back of the book. Usually MasterCook numbers will match 1 or 2 of the book's assessment. This causes concern when a person has to count the amount of potassium for the day. At times, I have concern about some of the amounts of potassium or sodium in the recipes, seeming too high for their health.

My view:

I am thrilled to have the book as a jumping off point, for assessing what my folks can eat in a day. Since I do not live with them, I use some of the recipes, the ones that adapt to it, as frozen meals which my parents can fix when they need them. This gives me peace of mind about the foods they are eating. I wish that they book would be updated a bit, have a bit more information in it about renal diabetic diets. 

Source: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Creative Cooking for Renal Diabetic Diets

Dialysis Jobs: Peritoneal Dialysis - A Clinical Update (Contributions to Nephrology)

Even though peritoneal dialysis (PD) is by now well established and its advantages in terms of clinical efficacy, social impact and individual tolerance are acknowledged, it is still underutilized on a global scale. In view of this fact, the publication at hand has two objectives, namely to provide help to identify possible obstacles to a wider application of PD and to advance a project called USS PD: Understanding, Starting and Sustaining Peritoneal Dialysis (initiated by the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation of the St. Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy). 

The initial part of this book is thus dedicated to basic principles of PD, as understanding how this technique works is one of the prerequisites to improve the quality of its application and, ultimately, its outcomes. In the second part, in-depth reviews help the physician to identify the benefits and problems involved in a PD program, facilitating the initiation of a new program or the start of new patients on PD. The third part, finally, is dedicated to potential complications and technical solutions designed to solve the problems of the different techniques. This helps physicians to sustain the use of PD after having acquired the know how and the capacity of starting the program. Everyone interested in understanding and implementing PD will highly profit from the papers presented in this publication. 

Source: Peritoneal Dialysis - A Clinical Update (Contributions to Nephrology) 

Dialysis Jobs: Manual of Clinical Dialysis

"With this second edition, professor Suhail Ahmad … offers an update of the ‘Seattle experience’ and of the field of dialysis. … the glossy paper and 50 color illustrations make it a very pleasant read. … The manual is intended as a brief overview of dialysis and its complications as well as of some of the complications of chronic kidney disease … . The manual is probably intended for newcomers to dialysis, including nurses, technicians, residents, and specialists other than nephrologists." (Mony Fraer, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2009)

“This book is an excellent addition to the dialysis library. It is a practical guide to dialysis in all its forms, including complications. … Every chapter has good references and the index is comprehensive. … I would highly recommend it as an addition to the library in every renal unit. It gives the novice practitioner a wide base of helpful information on the different methods of treatments and is an excellent reference book for the more experienced health care worker.” (Cordelia Ashwanden, Journal of Renal Care, Vol. 36 (1), February, 2010)

Description.

This second edition of the Manual of Clinical Dialysis is a concise and well-illustrated guide to all aspects of dialysis. All chapters have been revised and present a complete overview of the techniques, processes and equipment involved in clinical dialysis as well as an overview of the complications of dialysis. The manual also provides an overview of common clinical problems related to renal failure such as hypertension, anemia and renal osteodystrophy.

Source : Manual of Clinical Dialysis

Dialysis Job : Oxford Handbook of Dialysis.

"It is an essential educational tool that will be useful to junior doctors and nurses who are relatively new to the speciality, although all clinical staff will find it useful when troubleshooting dialysis-related problems."Nursing Times

- It is up-to-date, succinct but complete."EDTNA/ERCA Journal

- It is up-to-date, succinct but complete."European Dialysis and Transplantation Nursing Association Journal

It is an essential educational tool that will be useful to junior doctors and nurses who are relatively new to the specialty, although all clinical staff will find it useful when troubleshooting dialysis-related problems.' Nursing Times

Description.

`It is up-to-date, succinct but complete.' European Dialysis and Transplantation Nursing Association Journal.

The Oxford Handbook of Dialysis provides a patient-centered and comprehensive guide to all aspects of dialysis, covering everything from patient preparation and details of both haeom- and peritoneal dialysis, to continuous haemofiltration techniques and complications of end stage kidney disease.

In this new edition, all sections have been completely updated, with new material on a multitude of topics including haemofiltration, monitoring techniques, infection prevention, new PD fluids, trials in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, integrated care, role of predialysis nurses, supportive care, care of dying patients, pain control and newer drugs such as darbepoietin, new vitamin D analogues, new anticoagulants and phosphate binders. With new chapters on transplantation and dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury, and references to the most up-to-date clinical guidelines, this handbook continues to be the essential, compact resource for anyone managing patients with end stage renal failure.

Source: Oxford Handbook of Dialysis

Dialysis Job : Dialysis & Hemodialysis Treatment

When a kidney failure due damage because of diabetes there's best treatment is dialysis or hemodialysis treatment. Dialysis is a procedure in which a person’s body is cleaned of impurities and toxins, a task which his or her kidneys would perform if they were still functional.

There are two types of dialysis treatment. These are called hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. It's a different procedure but with the same principal. The process of hemodialysis uses an artificial kidney, called a hemodialyzer, to remove the waste products and fluids that build up in the blood. The second type of dialysis is called peritoneal dialysis. Rather than removing the blood from the body in order to remove waste, the blood is cleaned while still inside the body.

Principles and Practice of Dialysis. 

Description

This book is an evidence-based review of the practical challenges of dealing with patients receiving dialysis. The first section covers technical and procedural considerations such as choosing the hemodialysis membrane and choosing the best dialysis option. The second section covers clinical considerations such as infection and the treatment of specific renal disease complications. The book includes numerous illustrations and tables and drug charts for dialysis patients.

This edition's current outcomes chapter has been expanded to include patient depression and improving quality of care. New chapters cover dialysis in the ICU, valvular heart disease, and pre-emptive renal transplantation.

Source: Principles and Practice of Dialysis

Understanding Your New Life With Dialysis: A Patient Guide for Physical and Psychological Adjustment.

Life prolongation by maintenance hemodialysis is an everyday affair for more than 100,000 Americans. Over the interval between the First and Fourth Editions of Understanding Your New Life with Dialysis, major advances in patient care have been introduced, including the availability of synthetic vitamin D and the rapid introduction of recombinant erythropoietin as an aid in eliminating anemia. However, despite the many changes, dialysis still holds many challenges for patients. For the patient about to embark on a course of maintenance dialysis, this book is a superb guide. It describes the many different facets of life with dialysis and includes among the chapters pictures and brief vignettes about people who have been on dialysis for some time. This is a book for everyone involved with dialysis. It is a gathering together of the experience and work of thousands of people: patients who have learned to live without kidneys, families who have provided unstinting support, and professionals who have dedicated themselves to making artificial kidney treatment a viable way of life.

Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher; 4 Sub edition (May 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0398057745
• ISBN-13: 978-0398057749
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches 

Sources : Understanding Your New Life With Dialysis: A Patient Guide for Physical and Psychological Adjustment.