Hemodialysis: Indications, Procedures and Complications

Description:

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the indications, procedures and complications of hemodialysis. Topics discussed in this compilation include cardiovascular involvement in chronic kidney disease; nutritional therapy during hemodialysis; vascular access and common complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment; prevention of hemodialysis catheter-related infections; antiplatelet medication and the risk of bleeding in hemodialysis; and vascular calcifications in end stage renal disease. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Cardiovascular Involvement in Chronic Kidney Disease (pp. 1-74)
Authors / Editors: (Luca Di Lullo, Fulvio Floccari, Rodolfo Rivera, Antonio Granata, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, S. Giovanni Evangelista Hospital, Tivoli, Italy, and others)

Chapter 2 - Nutrition: From the Physiological Bases to Hemodialysis Patient Care (pp. 75-94)
Authors / Editors: (Cláudia Rucco Penteado Detregiachi, Milene Peron Rodrigues Pinto, Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira, Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi, Universidade de Marília-SP, Unimar, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 3 - Hemodialysis: Indications, Vascular Access, Different Modalities and Complications (pp. 95-114)
Authors / Editors: (Robert Ekart, Radovan Hojs, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Department of Dialysis and Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia)

Chapter 4 - Prevention of Hemodialysis Catheter-Related Infections (pp. 115-130)
Authors / Editors: (Igor Denizarde Bacelar Marques, Rosilene Motta Elias, Hugo Abensur, Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil)

Chapter 5 - Complications of Hemodialysis (pp. 131-150)
Authors / Editors: (Suzanne EL-Sayegh, Chadi Saifan, Suchita Mehta, Pranab Acharya, Rabih Nasr, Morton Kleiner, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA)

Chapter 6 - Antiplatelet Medication and the Risk of Bleeding in Hemodialysis Patients (pp. 151-164)
Authors / Editors: (Shoichiro Daimon, Daimon Clinic for Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Dialysis, Director of Nephrology and Dialysis, Japan)

Chapter 7 - Vascular Calcifications in End Stage Renal Disease (pp. 165-172)
Authors / Editors: (Lucia Di Micco, Francesco Mirenghi, Maria Luisa Sirico, Serena Torraca, Biagio Di Iorio, UOC of Nephrology, “Agostino Landolfi” Hospital, ASL Avellino, Solofra (AV), Italy)