Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of interventional nephrology. Similar to the previous edition, this text describes a direct approach to clinical problems encountered by the community of care providers who treat chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients. Practical scenarios faced on a day-to-day basis are presented by experts in the field, utilizing the latest scientific information. The book also features updated therapeutic guidelines and fully revised and new chapters.

Written by the foremost authorities in the field, Interventional Nephrology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is a must-have resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat and manage patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis access problems.

Contents:

1 Preoperative Evaluation: History

2 Preoperative Evaluation: Physical Examination
3 Admission After Intervention: When and Why
4 Communicating Effectively for Interventional Nephrologists
5 Anticoagulants and Thrombolytics
6 Noninvasive Screening and Testing for PAD in CKD Patients
7 Overview of PAD Treatment in the CKD Population: Indications, Medical Strategies, and Endovascular Techniques
8 Unconventional Venous Access: Percutaneous Translumbar and Transhepatic Venous Access for Hemodialysis
9 Approach to a Nonfunctioning Catheter
10 Approach to the Infected Catheter
11 Approach to Patient Referred for Vascular Mapping
12 Approach to Arteriovenous Access
13 Approach to a Patient with Non- maturing AV Fistula
14 Approach to an Arteriovenous Access with Hyperpulsatile Pulse
15 Approach to an Arteriovenous Access with a Faint Thrill
16 Approach to an Arteriovenous Access with No Thrill, Bruit, or Pulse
17 Approach to Patient with Arteriovenous Access Presenting with Hand Pain
18 Central Venous Stenosis
19 Approach to a Patient with Pseudoaneurysm
20 Approach to Chest Pain During Dialysis
21 Approach to Cyanotic Digits and Hand Paresis
22 Approach to an Abnormal Surveillance Measurement
23 Arterial Stenosis Affecting Arteriovenous Fistulae and Grafts in Hemodialysis Patients: Approach to Diagnosis and Management
24 Approach to the Patient with Suspected Renal Artery Stenosis
25 Vascular Injury During Interventions
26 Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Dialysis Access Procedure
27 Stent Migration
28 Foreign Body Retrieval
29 Contrast and Medication Adverse Reactions
30 The Management of Serious Adverse Events Associated with Interventional Procedures
31 Preoperative Evaluation of a Patient for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter
32 Operative Considerations for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter
33 Approach to a Patient with Bowel Perforation