Present and Future Therapies for End-stage Renal Disease

Download or read book Present and Future Therapies for End-stage Renal Disease written by Eli A. Friedman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction and options in therapy / Eli A. Friedman -- ch. 1. Peritoneal dialysis : past and current practices / Mary C. Mallappallil -- ch. 2. Hemodialysis / Yalemzewd Woredekal -- ch. 3. Kidney transplantation / Fasika Tedla -- ch. 4. Home hemodialysis : present and future therapies / Barbara G. Delano -- ch. 5. Hemofiltration / Halim S. Ghali -- ch. 6. Self-care in-center hemodialysis / Susan H. Bray -- ch. 7. Opting for death rather than dialysis in chronic renal failure / Anthony J. Joseph -- ch. 8. Ethical concerns in marketing kidneys / Amy L. Friedman -- ch. 9. The wearable artificial kidney : a new paradigm in the treatment of ESRD / Victor Gura -- ch. 10. Xenotransplantation / Moro O. Salifu, Syed Shah and Subodh Saggi -- ch. 11. Can the bowel serve as a kidney? / Eli A. Friedman