Advanced Renal Care

Nicola Thomas has been a renal nurse for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in nephrology, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and has taught diploma and degree level renal courses at City University for over ten years. She is currently undertaking a PhD and exploring the ways in which the progression of diabetic nephropathy can be slowed through patient-centred education. In 2001 she was President of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association / European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) and is now Chair of the EDTNA/ERCA Education Board.

• Preface vContributors vii1 Current Trends in Renal Care 1Nicola Thomas2 The Physiological Basis of Renal Disease 13Peter Bentley3 Anaemia Management in Nephrology 27Karen Jenkins4 Advances in Haemodialysis 50Catherine Morgan5 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis 68Althea Mahon6 Advances in Renal Transplantation 87Ray Trevitt7 Care of Older People on Dialysis 111Jane Bentley8 Diabetes and Renal Failure 122Sara Youngman9Infection Control in Renal Care 134Judith Hurst10 Sexual Dysfunction and Renal Disease 143Martin Steggall and Sandra Gann11 Issues in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation for Minority Ethnic Groups 158Gurch Randhawa12 Renal Nutrition 167Debbie Sutton13 Psychological Care 184Mike Kelly, Cathal Gallagher and Celia Eggeling14 Technical Aspects of Dialysis 204André Stragier15 Clinical Governance 216Anne M. Keogh16 Caring for Staff in Renal Care 231Cordelia AshwandenIndex 250

"Nicola Thomas has been successful in editing a text that assists the senior clinician.... This text will make an excellent addition to the library of any renal clinician and any renal unit." (Renal Society of Australia Journal)