Advanced Renal Care

"Nicola Thomas has been successful in editing a text that assists the senior clinician.... This text will make an excellent addition to the library of any renal clinician and any renal unit." (Renal Society of Australia Journal)

Nicola Thomas has been a renal nurse for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in nephrology, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and has taught diploma and degree level renal courses at City University for over ten years. She is currently undertaking a PhD and exploring the ways in which the progression of diabetic nephropathy can be slowed through patient-centred education. In 2001 she was President of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association / European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) and is now Chair of the EDTNA/ERCA Education Board.

Preface v Contributors vii 1 Current Trends in Renal Care 1 Nicola Thomas 2 The Physiological Basis of Renal Disease 13 Peter Bentley 3 Anaemia Management in Nephrology 27 Karen Jenkins 4 Advances in Haemodialysis 50 Catherine Morgan 5 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis 68 Althea Mahon 6 Advances in Renal Transplantation 87 Ray Trevitt 7 Care of Older People on Dialysis 111 Jane Bentley 8 Diabetes and Renal Failure 122 Sara Youngman 9Infection Control in Renal Care 134 Judith Hurst 10 Sexual Dysfunction and Renal Disease 143 Martin Steggall and Sandra Gann 11 Issues in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation for Minority Ethnic Groups 158 Gurch Randhawa 12 Renal Nutrition 167 Debbie Sutton 13 Psychological Care 184 Mike Kelly, Cathal Gallagher and Celia Eggeling 14 Technical Aspects of Dialysis 204 Andr Stragier 15 Clinical Governance 216 Anne M. Keogh 16 Caring for Staff in Renal Care 231 Cordelia Ashwanden Index 250