Author: National Kidney Foundation of Southern California
Publisher: National Kidney Foundation of Southern California
Keywords: disease, kidney, living
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-09-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0970059310
ISBN-13: 9780970059314
The first edition of "Living Well With Kidney Disease" was developed and published by the National Kidney Foundation of Southern California. Based on the handbook "When Your Kidneys Fail" (originally published in 1982), this new and updated edition provides detailed information specifically intended for people coping with Kidney Disease and other renal failure, as well as their friends and families. The question and answer format provides a clear and manageable guide for those seeking support and answers. Among the topics covered are the principles of kidney function, methods of treatment, tra
Authors:Dianne B. McKay, Steven M. Steinberg,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: kidney, recipients, transplant, guide, transplantation, care
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2010-05-04
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 144191689X
ISBN-13: 9781441916891
Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Transplant Recipients is an easy to read, up to date, clinical resource written by experts in the field of kidney transplantation. The book explains how donors and recipients are selected for transplantation, how the surgical procedure is performed, and how the experts recognize and treat rejection. Clearly illustrated chapters show how the immune system works in the setting of transplantation and how immunosuppressive medications prevent rejection of the transplanted kidney; knowledge essential for the proper care of the transplant recipient. T
Author: Joan Brookhyser Hogan
Publisher: Basic Health Publications
Keywords: kidney, plant, based, function, eating, preserving, diet, disease, vegetarian
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-12-21
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1591202663
ISBN-13: 9781591202660
Joan Brookhyser Hogan is a registered dietition who has packed this new book "The Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Disease," with clearly stated, up-to-date information on the most effective methods for managing kidney disease. Her focus on vegetarian nutrition comes from a growing awareness of its value in wrestling kidney disease down to size, or, in the best-case scenario, stopping the progression of this destructive disease in it’s tracks. When the author first became a dietition several decades ago, it was a different story. Plant proteins were then considered inferior to animal proteins,
Author: Seminar on Cigarette Smoking and Kidney Involvemen
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: cigarette, kidney, smoking, contributions, nephrology, october, involvement, seminar, milan
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2000-06
List price: $147.00
ISBN-10: 3805570643
ISBN-13: 9783805570640
A discussion of the mechanisms of renal impairment in chronic cigarette smokers and the renal risks associated with cigarette smoking. The papers are taken from a seminar on "Cigarette Smoking and Kidney Involvement", held in Milan in October 1999.
Author: E.A. Friedman
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: kidney, friedman, professional, barry, patient, writings, compassion, failure, strength, mildred
Number of Pages: 221
Published: 1998-08-31
List price: $151.00
ISBN-10: 0792352351
ISBN-13: 9780792352358
Written from the perspective of the joy of celebrating life rather than lamenting the scourge of chronic illness, this collection of medical columns, short stories, and letters recounts the wonderful and upbeat tale of coping, surviving, and prevailing. Starting out as a medical technician, wife, and mother faced with progressive loss of sight and ambulation, Barry Friedman devised strategies for using her intellect to benefit other patients and medical professionals. Free from self pity and permeated by hope, enthusiasm, and the belief that there was much to be accomplished, Friedman
Authors:Peter Morris AC FRS FRCS, Stuart J. Knechtle MD,
Publisher: Saunders
Keywords: kidney, transplantation, morris, principles, practice
Number of Pages: 872
Published: 2008-05-21
List price: $270.00
ISBN-10: 1416033432
ISBN-13: 9781416033431
Updated to reflect today’s practice guidelines, the new edition of this comprehensive text remains the definitive resource on all aspects of renal transplantation, including immunological, pathological, psychological and ethical considerations. It examines evaluation, management, and procurement of living and deceased donor kidneys, the selection of suitable recipients, interpretation of graft dysfunction, and expected survival based upon a large database of information. There are comprehensive chapters on pediatric renal transplantation and on renal transplantation in the developing wor
Author: Robert W Schrier
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: diseases, kidney, medicine, schrier, foundations, tract, urinary, clinicopathologic
Number of Pages: 3776
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $499.00
ISBN-10: 0781793076
ISBN-13: 9780781793070
The thoroughly updated Eighth Edition of this classic three-volume work provides the most comprehensive, current, and authoritative information on diseases of the kidney and urinary tract. This clinically oriented reference focuses on diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases, disorders, and complications and incorporates the basic science practicing physicians need to evaluate and manage the disease process. Each of the fourteen sections is written by internationally renowned contributors and provides coverage comparable to a complete book. The first two sections review renal basic science
