Kidney Disease Management: A Practical Approach for the Non-Specialist Healthcar

Description: Kidney Disease Management by Rachel Lewis, Helen Noble This book has been written to help optimise the care of people with chronic kidney disease across the healthcare spectrum. It is aimed at a range of professionals, including nurses, junior doctors, general practitioners, pharmacists and dietitians. Specialists in training may also find it useful. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Kidney Disease Management "This informative book has been put together with the support and input of many clinical renal experts, who have been willing to share their knowledge and years of experience and Im sure it will be an excellent resource for those caring for kidney patients for the first time – as well as for those with some years of experience!" From the Foreword by Rosemary Macri, Chief Executive of the British Kidney Patient Association Kidney Disease Management: A Practical Approach for the Non-Specialist Healthcare Practitioner has been written to help optimise the care of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) across the healthcare spectrum. It is aimed at a range of professionals, including nurses, junior doctors, general practitioners, pharmacists and dietitians. Specialists in training may also find it useful. It highlights the practical considerations necessary to care for people with kidney problems in situations where a specialist practitioner is not always required or immediately available. This book explores policy context and CKD, overview of CKD and management, managing CKD in primary care, treatment modalities in CKD, psychosocial aspects of living with CKD, acute kidney injury in hospitalised patients, surgery and kidney injury, medication management in CKD, nutrition and CKD, and support and palliative care for people with CKD. Key features: Based on best practice and written in an accessible format aimed at busy practitionersEmphasises the centrality of the patient and family and the need to share information and expertise across traditional boundariesWritten by professionals renowned in their field, both generalists and specialists, who have extensive experience of the practicalities of managing complex patients Author Biography Rachel Lewis is Doctoral Researcher with the Collaboration of Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care at Manchester University.Dr Helen Noble is Lecturer in the Adult Nursing Department, at City University, London, UK. She has extensive research expertise in nephrology nursing, particularly related to those who opt not to embark on dialysis. Table of Contents Contributors vii Foreword xi David Colin-Thomé Foreword xii Rosemary Macri Introduction: Managing Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Non-Specialist Areas: A Chronic Illness Approach xiii Rachel Lewis 1 Managing Chronic Conditions: The Policy Context 1 Beverley Matthews 2 What Non-Specialists Need to Know about Chronic Kidney Disease 12 Graham Woodrow, Jeanette Denning and David Lewis 3 A Practical Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care 31 Hugh Rayner, Rajib Pal and Indranil Dasgupta 4 General Considerations Related to Treatment Modalities 52 Aisha I. Geeson, Charles R. V. Tomson and Lesley Lappin 5 Psychosocial Aspects of Living with Chronic Kidney Disease 76 Emma Coyne 6 Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalised Patients 101 Keith Harkins, Rachel Lewis and Rachel Hilton 7 Management of Patients with or at Risk of Kidney Disease on the Surgical Ward 122 Colin H. Jones and Maggie Higginbotham 8 Medication Management and Chronic Kidney Disease 143 Aileen Dunleavy 9 Optimising Nutrition in People with Chronic Kidney Disease 169 Helena Jackson and Sally Noble 10 Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease 194 Sheila Johnston, Helen Noble and Rachel Lewis Index 213 Review "It seems clear that the writers aim to appeal to non-specialists has been successful. Any healthcare professional, working in hospital or non-hospital settings, working with the frail elderly (at particular risk of CKD) and staff working in acute surgical areas will find a lot of easy to understand information here. Any professional, previously intimidated by renal disease management, will find that this book demystifies this import area of practice." (Nursing Times, 5 June 2014) "Overall, this is a thoughtful review of general considerations for treatment options, as well as a needed overview of the psychosocial aspects of living with kidney disease." (Doodys. 4 October 2013) Review Text “Overall, this is a thoughtful review of general considerations for treatment options, as well as a needed overview of the psychosocial aspects of living with kidney disease.”Â (Doody’s, 4 October 2013) Review Quote "It seems clear that the writers aim to appeal to non-specialists has been successful. Details ISBN0470670614 Year 2013 ISBN-10 0470670614 ISBN-13 9780470670613 Format Paperback Edited by Helen Noble DEWEY 616.61 Author Helen Noble Media Book Language English Edition 2nd Affiliation London Metropolitan University, UK Short Title KIDNEY DISEASE MGMT Illustrations Illustrations Subtitle A Practical Approach for the Non-Specialist Healthcare Practitioner UK Release Date 2013-01-18 Illustrator Gwyneth Williamson Position Classics Teacher AU Release Date 2013-02-18 NZ Release Date 2013-02-18 Pages 240 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Publication Date 2013-01-18 Imprint Wiley-Blackwell Place of Publication Hoboken Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2013-01-18 Country of Publication United Kingdom We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137367752;

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