Category: Nephrology

Renal Nursing: Care and Management of People with Kidney Disease, 5th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Thomas N
Pages: 456p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, (23 Aug. 2019)
eISBN-13: 978-1119413141

Now in its fifth edition, Renal Nursing continues to be the essential evidence-based guide to nephrology and kidney care for nurses and allied health care professionals. This comprehensive text examines the stages of chronic kidney disease, pre-dialysis care, acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy, renal nutrition, renal care in children and young people and more. 

  • Offers thorough coverage of all major aspects of kidney care
  • Includes updated content on current practice, changes in policies, care and management, with the latest research evidence and current NICE guidance on renal replacement therapy
  • Has an innovative chapter on patient and public involvement in kidney care

Renal Nursing is an indispensable resource for nurses working in nephrology, dialysis and transplantation, nurses in post-registration renal courses, student nurses in renal wards, specialist renal dietitians, pharmacists and other allied health professionals in related fields.

Preeclampsia: Basic, Genomic, and Clinical

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Pages: 286 Size: 4.35 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Singapore
Published: 01 January, 2018
eISBN-13: 9789811058912

This volume is an excellent guide that comprehensively illustrates hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, especially preeclampsia, in both the basic and clinical aspects. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific multi-organ disorder and a leading cause of maternal and neonatal mortality. The pathophysiology of pregnancy-specific disorders was long unknown, but recently many new findings have been reported from the point of view of pathophysiology. Furthermore, this complication of pregnancy, especially preeclampsia, is a potent risk factor for chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, and hypertension. The book is composed of seven parts including genetic background, pathology, pathophysiology, and the latest prediction and treatment of preeclampsia. Specific basic topics such as immunological maladaptation, placental adenosine signaling, and new prediction markers are also expounded by experts. Thus it benefits not only obstetricians, pediatricians, nephrologists, diabetologists, and cardiologists, but also immunologists, endocrinologists, geneticists, pathologists, biologists, and molecular biologists who are interested in the treatment of hypertension in pregnancy.

The Cardiorenal Syndrome : A Clinician’s Guide to Pathophysiology and Management

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: J. Thomas Heywood, John C. Burnett Jr. Pages: 202 Size: 6.7 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Cardiotext Publishing
Published: 01 December, 2011
eISBN-13: 9781935395546

Cardiorenal syndrome – the presence of significant renal insufficiency and heart failure simultaneously – constitutes one of the most vexing and difficult challenges facing clinicians and researchers today. Given the fundamental role of the kidneys in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance within the body, it comes as no surprise that renal abnormalities are inextricably linked with congestive heart failure. What is surprising is that recent data have indicated that renal dysfunction is a more critical determinant of mortality than heart failure itself. In The Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Clinician’s Guide to Pathophysiology and Management, experts from around the world clearly outline the current issues associated with this increasingly prevalent condition, provide invaluable insight into its pathophysiology, and highlight the risks, benefits, and rationales for both practical and promising prevention and treatment strategies, including: Diuretics, Role of ACE inhibitors/ angiotensin receptor blockers in renal dysfunction, New “designer” peptides for heart failure, Inotropes and neurohormonal blockade, Dialysis and ultrafiltration, Renal cell therapy, Left ventricular assist device implantation, and Renal and/or heart transplantation. While recognition of the role of renal dysfunction in the progression of heart failure is a pivotal advance, many questions about the scope and impact of this condition remain. This book serves as a touchstone for cardiovascular specialists and internists as they encounter the diverse varieties of cardiorenal syndrome and attempt to navigate the radically different and evolving therapeutic options in their quest to provide optimal individualized care for their patients.

Acute Kidney Injury: Basic Research and Clinical Practice

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Editors, Xiaoqiang Ding, Mitchell H. Rosner, Claudio Ronco. Pages: 202 Size: 4.07 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Karger
Published: 23 January, 2018
eISBN-13: 9783318063110

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a complex syndrome that is prevalent among hospitalized patients. In recent years, occurrence of AKI events has risen due to a growing susceptibility of fragile and elderly subjects and an increase in the use of complex procedures such as cardiovascular surgery and imaging techniques. Exposure to potentially nephrotoxic drugs, such as new chemotherapeutic agents, is also proving to be a cause of AKI. This book summarizes recent advances in various settings. A reappraisal of current definitions and staging classifications for AKI in the literature is followed by a description of new criteria for identifying patients at risk and characterizing early kidney damage by using biomarkers. Other important topics include the sequelae of AKI and AKI in special populations such as children, the elderly, and those with cancer. The effects of AKI and its consequences on healthcare expenditures are also addressed from several perspectives. AKI management requires the cooperation of different specialists to optimize outcomes. This book is thus a perfect tool not only for nephrologists, but for every specialist involved in the complicated endeavor of improving patient care.

OSH Paediatric Nephrology (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Joanna Chikwe, Axel Walther, and Phil Jones
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Print ISBN-13: 9780199601370
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199601370.001.0001

This resource provides up-to-date information for the general paediatrician and paediatric nephrologist, including advice on care of emergencies, chronic disorders and covering common and rare conditions. It is highly relevant for the day-to-day care of patients on the ward or in the outpatient clinic.

Oxford Textbook of Medicine

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, and John D. Firth
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Print ISBN-13: 9780199204854
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199204854.001.1

The Oxford Textbook of Medicine is the foremost international textbook of medicine. Unrivalled in its coverage of the scientific aspects and clinical practice of internal medicine and its subspecialties, it is a fixture in the offices and wards of physicians around the world.

Oxford Handbook of Medical Dermatology (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Susan Burge, Rubeta Matin, and Dinny Wallis
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Print ISBN-13: 9780198747925
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199545629.001.1

This dermatology handbook is written for core medical trainees, dermatology trainees, and dermatology consultants, but it includes much that will be of value to those working in the community and to medical students who want to know more about the skin. The focus is on medical management, rather than surgical dermatology, i.e. no surgical techniques/procedures. We provide a framework for analysing clinical signs, so that you can develop your diagnostic expertise, and a practical approach to management with answers to questions such as ‘What should I ask?’, ‘What should I look for?’, or ‘What should I do?’. The content has been thoroughly revised and updated with a new chapter on genodermatoses, as well as expanded chapters devoted to cutaneous tumours, cutaneous adverse drug reactions (including new chemotherapeutic agents), paediatrics (including paediatric vascular malformations), and rheumatology (new classification criteria for cutaneous lupus erythematosus). We discuss common or important conditions (and some fascinating rarities), including skin infections and infestations, inflammatory dermatoses (e.g. psoriasis, eczema, acne, urticaria), blistering diseases, oral and genital ulcers, skin tumours, vasculitis, lymphoedema, and leg ulcers. The section on emergency dermatology will help you to recognize and manage life-threatening problems such as angio-oedema, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and purpura fulminans. The chapters on skin problems in medical specialties should be of particular interest to trainees working in a variety of areas—we discuss the approach to skin conditions that you may encounter in paediatrics, rheumatology, haematology, nephrology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, obstetrics, geriatrics, neurology, and psychiatry.

Oxford Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension (2 ed.)

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Simon Steddon, Alistair Chesser, John Cunningham, and Neil Ashman
Format: Webpage Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Print ISBN-13: 9780199651610
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780199651610.001.0001

Completely updated and expanded for its second edition, the popular Oxford Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension provides wide-ranging and practical advice for the day-to-day management of all forms of renal disease, and is the ideal reference for all those involved in the care of patients with kidney disease. With a strong focus on pragmatic guidance, this resource will help confidently manage both common and complex nephrological problems and covers all areas from early chronic kidney disease (CKD) through to dialysis and transplantation, with the chapters on AKI, CKD, transplantation and essential urology having been significantly expanded.