Supportive care for the renal patient /

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An international group of contributors provides a comprehensive evidence-based overview of supportive care for the nephrology patient, emphasising the continuum of palliative care from the time of diagnosis through to end-of-life care and the issues surrounding withdrawal of dialysis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chambers, E. Joanna, Germain, Michael (Michael J.), Brown, Edwina A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Supportive care series.
Temas:
Kidneys > Diseases > Treatment.
Kidney Failure, Chronic > therapy
Kidney Failure, Chronic > psychology
Palliative Care > methods
Terminal Care > methods
Reins > Maladies > Traitement.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genitourinary & STDs.
Kidneys > Diseases > Treatment
Nierenkrankheit
Therapie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Changing patterns of renal replacement therapy
  • Concept of supportive care for the renal patient
  • Planning a renal palliative care programme and its components
  • Advance care planning in patients with end-stage renal disease
  • What determines a good outcome? The selection of patients for renal replacement therapy
  • Health-related quality of life and the patient with chronic kidney disease
  • Symptoms in renal disease: their epidemiology, assessment, and management
  • Management of pain in renal failure
  • Psychological and psychiatric considerations in patients with advanced renal disease
  • Spiritual care of the renal patient
  • Support of the home-dialysis patient
  • Initiation, withdrawal, and withholding of dialysis
  • Clinical
  • Communicating with patients and family
  • Conservative management of end-stage renal disease
  • End-stage renal disease in the older person
  • Death and end-of-life care in advanced kidney disease.

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