Kidney Disease Management

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.

• Contributors viiForeword xiDavid Colin-ThoméForeword xiiRosemary MacriIntroduction: Managing Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease in Non-Specialist Areas: A Chronic Illness Approach xiiiRachel Lewis1 Managing Chronic Conditions: The Policy Context 1Beverley Matthews2 What Non-Specialists Need to Know about Chronic Kidney Disease 12Graham Woodrow, Jeanette Denning and David Lewis3 A Practical Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease in Primary Care 31Hugh Rayner, Rajib Pal and Indranil Dasgupta4 General Considerations Related to Treatment Modalities 52Aisha I. Geeson, Charles R. V. Tomson and Lesley Lappin5 Psychosocial Aspects of Living with Chronic Kidney Disease 76Emma Coyne6 Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalised Patients 101Keith Harkins, Rachel Lewis and Rachel Hilton7 Management of Patients with or at Risk of Kidney Disease on the Surgical Ward 122Colin H. Jones and Maggie Higginbotham8 Medication Management and Chronic Kidney Disease 143Aileen Dunleavy9 Optimising Nutrition in People with Chronic Kidney Disease 169Helena Jackson and Sally Noble10 Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Kidney Disease 194Sheila Johnston, Helen Noble and Rachel LewisIndex 213

"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." (Doody's. 4 October 2013)