DESCRIPTION:
Edited by the same team that developed the successful Pediatric Dialysis and its second edition, this text features clinical management principles that are integral to the care of children receiving chronic dialysis. Each chapter is introduced by a case presentation that serves as the basis for key learning points that are clinically applicable and presented in a succinct manner. The topics included in Pediatric Dialysis Case Studies cover virtually all aspects of pediatric dialysis care and represent the efforts of an international group of experts with firsthand clinical expertise from all disciplines represented in the pediatric dialysis team. This resource is certain to help the clinician achieve improved outcomes for these often complex patients.
CONTENTS:
1. Peritoneal Access
2. Peritoneal Equilibration Testing and Application
3. Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription
4. Dialysis During Infancy
5. Hypotension in Infants on Peritoneal Dialysis
6. Ethical Dialysis Decisions in Infants with End-Stage Kidney Disease
7. Catheter Exit-Site and Tunnel Infections
8. Peritonitis
9. Relapsing and Recurrent Peritonitis
10. Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Hydrothorax and Hernia
11. Ultrafiltration Failure in Children Undergoing Chronic PD
12. Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis
13. Difficult Vascular Access
14. Hemodialysis Prescription
15. Intensified Hemodialysis
16. Home Haemodialysis
17. Myocardial Stunning
18. Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
19. Intradialytic Hypotension: Potential Causes and Mediating Factors
20. Dialyzer Reaction
21. Nutritional Management of Infants on Dialysis
22. Nutritional Management of Children and Adolescents on Dialysis
23. Anemia Management
24. Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder
25. Growth Delay
26. Hypertension
27. Cardiovascular Disease
28. Sleep Disorders
29. The Highly Sensitized Dialysis Patient
30. Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth on Dialysis
31. Nonadherence
32. Transition to Adult Care
33. Pregnancy in a Woman Approaching End-Stage Kidney Disease
34. Withholding and Withdrawal of Dialysis
35. Peritoneal Dialysis as Treatment for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
36. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
37. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for a Neonate
38. Anticoagulation and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
39. Extracorporeal Liver Dialysis in Children
40. Therapeutic Apheresis
41. Neonatal Hyperammonemia
42. Primary Hyperoxaluria
43. Intoxications
44. Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease
