Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. History of peritoneal dialysis

   • R. Gokal

   Pages 1-17

3. Current status of peritoneal dialysis

   • R. Mehrotra, K. D. Nolph

   Pages 19-35

4. Functional structure of the peritoneum as a dialysing membrane

   • L. Gotloib, A. Shostak, V. Wajsbrot

   Pages 37-106

5. The peritoneal microcirculation in peritoneal dialysis

   • R. White, D. N. Granger

   Pages 107-133

6. The physiology of peritoneal solute transport and ultrafiltration

   • R. T. Krediet

   Pages 135-172

7. Peritoneal lymphatics

   • R. A. Mactier, R. Khanna

   Pages 173-192

8. Pharmacological alterations of peritoneal transport rates and pharmacokinetics in peritoneal dialysis

   • N. Lameire, W. Van Biesen, P. Hirszel, M. Bogaert

   Pages 193-251

9. Peritoneal dialysis solutions and systems

   • M. Feriani, L. Catizone, A. Fracasso

   Pages 253-305

10. Peritoneal dialysis access and exit-site care including surgical aspects

    • Z. J. Twardowski, W. K. Nichols

    Pages 307-361

11. Organization of a peritoneal dialysis programme — the nurses’ role

    • L. Uttley, B. Prowant

    Pages 363-386

12. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

    • E. W. Boeschoten

    Pages 387-417

13. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in the elderly

    • E. Grapsa, D. G. Oreopoulos

    Pages 419-433

14. Automated peritoneal dialysis

    • P. Kathuria, Z. J. Twardowski

    Pages 435-463

15. Adequacy of peritoneal dialysis

    • J. M. Burkart

    Pages 465-497

16. Ultrafiltration failure

    • S. Mujais

    Pages 499-513

17. Nutritional aspects of peritoneal dialysis

    • C. A. Pollock, B. A. Cooper, L. S. Ibels, E. De Kantzow

    Pages 515-543

18. Peritonitis

    • L. Fried, B. Piraino

    Pages 545-564

19. Peritoneal inflammation and long-term changes in peritoneal structure and function

    • G. A. Coles, J. D. Williams, N. Topley

    Pages 565-583

20. Calcium, phosphate and renal osteodystrophy

    • A. J. Hutchison

    Pages 585-608

In 1994, the expert knowledge of Ram Gokal and Karl D. Nolph, the two foremost figures in the field of peritoneal dialysis, was combined to produce the first edition of the Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis. The work quickly became recognised as the `gold standard' for those working in the field. Since its conception, however, our understanding of peritoneal dialysis related physiology, kinetics and clinical outcomes, as well as the concepts of intraperitoneal chemotherapy, has increased sufficiently to make an updated and completely revised edition of the work necessary. An expansion of the editorial team by fellow-experts Ramesh Khanna and Raymond Krediet enabled an even more comprehensive approach to be taken.
This second edition reasserts the book's uniqueness in its detailed discussion of the topic, making it required reading for all those working within the field of peritoneal dialysis.

• chemotherapy
• circulation
• dialysis
• nutrition
• physiology
• abdominal surgery
• diabetes

• Department of Renal Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK

  R. Gokal

• Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, MA 436 Health Services Centre, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA

  R. Khanna

• Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  R. Th. Krediet

• Department of Internal Medicine, MA 436 Health Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA

  K. D. Nolph

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