General Medical Information

Handbook of Dialysis

John T. Daugirdas, M.D.
Peter G. Blake, M.B., F.R.C.P.C., F.R.C.P.I.
Todd S. Ing, M.D.

I. Indications for Dialysis

1. Initiation of Dialysis
Edward T. Zawada, Jr.

II. Hemodialysis

2. Physiologic Principles and Urea Kinetic Modeling
John T. Daugirdas and John C. Van Stone
3. Hemodialysis Apparatus
John T. Daugirdas, John C. Van Stone, and James T. Boag
4. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis
Anatole Besarab and Rasib M. Raja
5. Acute Hemodialysis Prescription
John T. Daugirdas, Edward A. Ross, and Allen R. Nissenson
6. Chronic Hemodialysis Prescription: A Urea Kinetic Approach
John T. Daugirdas and Carl M. Kjellstrand
7. Complications During Hemodialysis
Harold Bregman, John T. Daugirdas, and Todd S. Ing
8. Dialyzer Reuse
Allen M. Kaufman and Nathan W. Levin
9. Anticoagulation
Joachim Hertel, Dawn M. Keep, and Ralph J. Caruana
10. Slow Continuous Therapies
Miles H. Sigler, Brendan P. Teehan, John T. Daugirdas, and Todd S. Ing
11. Plasmapheresis
Nuhad Ismail, Roxana Neyra, and Raymond M. Hakim
12. Use of Dialysis and Hemoperfusion in Treatment of Poisoning
James F. Winchester and Chagriya Kitiyakara

III. Peritoneal Dialysis
13. Physiology of Peritoneal Dialysis
Peter G. Blake and John T. Daugirdas
14. Apparatus for Peritoneal Dialysis
Michael I. Sorkin and Peter G. Blake
15. Peritoneal Access Devices
Stephen R. Ash and John T. Daugirdas
16. Acute Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription
Stephen M. Korbet and Nouhad O. Kronfol
17. Adequacy of Peritoneal Dialysis and Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Prescription
Peter G. Blake and Jose A. Diaz-Buxo
18. Assessing Peritoneal Ultrafiltration, Solute Transport, and Volume Status
Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos and Panduranga S. Rao
19. Peritonitis and Exit Site Infection
David J. Leehey, Vasant C. Gandhi, and John T. Daugirdas
20. Mechanical Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
Joanne M. Bargman
21. Metabolic Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis
Sarah S. Prichard

IV. Special Problems in the Dialysis Patient

22. Psychology and Rehabilitation
Paul L. Kimmel and Norman B. Levy
23. Nutrition
Michael V. Rocco and Michael J. Blumenkrantz
24. Serum Enzyme Levels
N. D. Vaziri and Cyril H. Barton
25. Diabetes
Antonios H. Tzamaloukas and Eli A. Friedman
26. Hypertension
Carmine Zoccali and George Dunea
27. Hematologic Abnormalities
Steven Fishbane and Emil P. Paganini
28. Infections
Joseph R. Lentino and David J. Leehey
29. Endocrine Disturbances
Raouf Sayegh and Victoria S. Lim
30. Bone Disease
James A. Delmez and Michael Kaye
31. Aluminum Toxicity
Patrick C. D’Haese and Marc E. DeBroe
32. Dialysis in Infants and Children
Susan R. Mendley, Richard N. Fine, and Amir Tejani

V. Special Problems Pertaining to Various Organ Systems

33. Heart and Circulation
Anthony J. Nicholls
34. The Digestive Tract
Susie Q. Lew, Beat von Albertini, and Juan P. Bosch
35. Genitourinary Tract and Male Reproductive Organs
Petras V. Kisielius and Anthony J. Schaeffer
36. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Susan Grossman and Susan Hou
37. Musculoskeletal and Rheumatologic Diseases
Jonathan Kay and Jessie E. Hano
38. Sleep Disorders
Robert L. Benz and Mark R. Pressman
39. Nervous System
Anthony J. Nicholls

Appendix A
Urea Kinetic Modeling: Tables and Figures

Appendix B
Molecular Weights and Conversion Tables