| Description |
1 online resource (1008 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), color map |
| Contents |
Dialysis across the globe -- Dialysis in Eastern Europe -- History of dialysis in Africa -- Dialysis in Australia and New Zealand -- The development of dialysis in Latin America -- Evolution of dialysis in India: a historical perspective -- The artificial kidney in Japan -- Mortality of Japanese dialysis patients versus US counterparts -- How to make dialysis available in the developing world -- Special problems in treating dialysis patients -- The story of sodium restriction in dialysis patients -- Sodium is a poison: a dialysis patient's first-hand experience -- The story of erythropoietin -- Phosphate binders in chronic kidney disease -- The story of parenteral iron therapy -- Glucose degradation products in dialysis -- Glucose homeostasis in patients on chronic dialysis -- Dialyzing the young -- History of pregnancy in dialysis patients -- Practice guidelines, management, and patient education -- Dialysis practice guidelines -- Educating dialysis patients for self-management -- Electronic medical records in nephrology and end-stage renal disease: a proven model -- Innovation: the near and distant future -- Advances in hemodialysis -- The future of peritoneal dialysis -- Sorbent dialysis and the wearable artificial kidney -- The wearable artificial kidney, why and how: from holy grail to reality -- Nanotechnology -- Affinity hemodialysis and plasmapheresis -- Advances in hemoadsorption -- Bioartificial kidney -- Stem cells and their use for the treatment of kidney diseases -- The history, development and promise of artificial cells: microdialyzers and nanodialyzers with bioreactive properties -- Attempts to regenerate the mammalian kidney -- Dialysis of animals -- History of hemodialysis in dogs and other companion animals -- Dialyzing large animals -- History of peritoneal dialysis in the dog and cat -- Dialyzing cats -- Dialyzing rats -- How to dialyze a whale |
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Some pioneers of hemodialysis -- The development of our understanding of uremia -- Claude Bernard and the milieu intérieur: origin and evolution of the concept -- Thomas Graham (1805-1869): the "Father" of dialysis -- John Jacob Abel -- Charles Leonard von Hess and Hugh McGuigan -- G.R. Love: a dialysis pioneer -- Hemodialysis as an experimental therapy: Georg Haas and the first clinical treatment of a human kidney patient -- Heinrich Necheles: pioneer of hemodialysis in the treatment of experimental uremia -- William Thalhimer -- Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff: artificial kidney therapy founder and overlord -- Nils Alwall, the first complete artificial kidney and the development of acute and chronic dialysis -- Trailblazing approaches to hemodialysis: Gordon Murray -- John Putnam Merrill: a father of nephrology as a craft -- Dialysis in military casualties with post-traumatic acute renal failure: evolution from "dialysis to reverse indications" to "daily dialysis to prevent indications" -- Hemodialysis access -- "Scrib": Belding Hibbard Scribner, 1921-2003 -- James Ernest (Jack) Cimino: inventor of arteriovenous fistula -- Stanley Shaldon: pioneer in dialysis -- The femoral catheter -- Development of blood accesses for hemodialysis -- Hemodialysis access: current practice and innovations -- Optimal vascular access -- Prolonging access survival: the principles of optimal cannulation -- Interventional nephrologists and hemodialysis access procedures -- Hemaport needleless arteriovenous access -- The HeRO graft: an innovative vascular access for patients with compromised venous outflow -- The circuport vascular access system for hemodialysis -- Development of hemodialysis methods and machines -- History and development of anticoagulation -- The evolution of dialysis -- The rotating drum kidney -- Baxter Travenol hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis devices -- Fresenius medical care contributions to peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis equipment -- The development of Gambro dialysis machines -- Notable Dialysis Machines of the Past -- Early Dialysate Delivery Systems in Japan -- Dialysis membranes: the heart of the dialyzer -- Evolution of dialyzer designs -- Modifications of standard hemodialysis schedules and techniques -- The history of isolated ultrafiltration -- History of alternative dialysis schedules -- Measuring the effective dose of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis -- Middle molecules -- The beginnings of hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration: a brief history of the convective modalities for blood purification -- Continuous renal replacement therapies -- The promise of hemodiafiltration and convective modalities -- Nephros mid-dilution hemodiafiltration system history of hemodialysis and hemoperfusion in poisoning -- Charcoal hemoperfusion: promise unfulfilled -- Slow continuous isolated ultrafiltration as nonpharmacological therapy for congestive heart failure: facts and perspectives -- Slow extended daily dialysis for critically ill patients -- Hemodialysate composition -- The evolution of fluid quality for hemodialysis -- Dialyzer reuse -- Home hemodialysis -- A story of the first machine for quotidian home hemodialysis -- NxStage System One hemodialysis machine -- Peritoneal dialysis -- History of peritoneal dialysis -- History of peritoneal dialysis solutions -- History of peritoneal dialysis catheters -- Peritoneal dialysis in the orient: The Hong Kong experience -- Sclerosing peritonitis |
| Summary |
This book describes the past, present and future of dialysis and dialysis-related renal replacement therapies so that the reader can acquire a firm grasp of the medical management of acute and chronic renal failure |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on November 26, 2014) |
| Subject |
Hemodialysis -- History.
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Kidneys -- Diseases -- Treatment.
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Urology -- History.
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Renal Dialysis -- history.
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History, 20th Century.
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History, 21st Century.
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Renal Dialysis -- trends.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ing, Todd S., editor
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Kjellstrand, Carl M., 1936- editor
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Rahman, Mohamed A., editor
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| ISBN |
1283635909 |
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6613948365 |
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9781283635905 |
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9786613948366 |
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9789814289764 (electronic bk.) |
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9814289760 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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(hardcover ;) (alk. paper) |
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