1 Normal physiology --;2 Terminal renal failure --;3 Results of fluid retention --;4 Hypertension in dialysis patients --;5 Pathophysiology and treatment of hypertension in dialysis patients --;6 Dialysis hypotension --;7 Heart disease in dialysis patients --;8 Special aspects of dialysis-related heart disease --;9 Vascular disease --;10 Effusions in serous cavities --;11 Anemia and the heart --;12 Nutritional aspects --;13 Peritoneal dialysis --;14 Final considerations and future perspectives.
While primarily intended for dialysis doctors, the author sincerely hopes that dialysis nurses, who carry the lion's share of day-to-day responsibility for dialysis patients, will also find this book a useful and practical guide to dialysis treatment.