Table of Contents

1: The new patient with renal failure
2: Haemodialysis
3: Nursing a patient on haemodialysis
4: Home and frequent haemodialysis
5: Peritoneal dialysis
6: Nursing issues in peritoneal dialysis
7: Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury
8: Nutrition on dialysis
9: Special situations
10: Complications of ESKD: anaemia
11: Complications of ESKD: bone mineral disorders
12: Complications of ESKD: cardiovascular disease
13: Complications of ESKD: infection
14: Symptoms related to ESKD
15: Other complications of ESKD
16: Death in dialysis patients
17: Transplantation for dialysis patients
18: Drug dosing
19: Standards and guidelines

About the Author

Jeremy Levy is a Consultant Nephrologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London, Director of Education and Quality for Health Education NW London and Chair of the UK Renal Association education and training committee. He trained in Nephrology in Cambridge, London and Oxford and has a major clinical interest in immune mediated renal disease (especially glomerulonephritis, vasculitis and SLE), HIV and kidney
disease, chronic kidney disease and dialysis, and in teaching and education.
Edwina Brown is a Consultant Nephrologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine at Imperial College London and Vice-President (Education) of the British Renal Society. She trained in Nephrology at Yale (USA) and Charing Cross Hospital, London. Her clinical and research interests focus on the needs of older patients with advanced kidney disease, peritoneal dialysis and end of life care. She organises regular educational meetings on peritoneal dialysis
and renal supportive care.
Anastasia Lawrence is a Senior Renal Lecturer Practitioner at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Bucks New University. She trained at Hammersmith & Queen Charlotte School of Nursing, London. She did her BSc (Hons) Renal Nursing at City University and Masters in Education at Thames Valley University, London. Her special interests are in acute kidney injury, transplantation, diabetes and kidney disease, and in teaching and education.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition My personal choice would be the Oxford Handbook, because of its more recent publication and inclusion of later evidence and practice guidelines and its UK health perspective'
Journal of Renal Nursing
`This concise primer is designed as a bedside or office tool for busy practitioners who may want to quickly review certain topics or get immediate answers as well as an essential aid in the dialysis unit.'
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics