volume editors, Claudio Ronco, Roberto dell'Aquila, Maria Pia Rodighiero.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Karger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (1 volume).
SERIES
Series Title
Contributions to nephrology,
Volume Designation
v. 150
ISSN of Series
0302-5144 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Basic Elements; Biology of Peritoneal Membrane; Update on Peritoneal Dialysis Solution; Sodium and Water Homeostasis; Chronic Inflammation in Peritoneal Dialysis; Peritoneal Dialysis: Adequacy Issues and Beyond; Reviews in Peritoneal Dialysis; Peritoneal Dialysis: A Therapy for Uremia and Beyond; Transplantation and Peritoneal Dialysis; Transplantation and Beyond; Automated Peritoneal Dialysis; New Technologies; Author Index; Subject Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Even though peritoneal dialysis (PD) is by now well established and its advantages in terms of clinical efficacy, social impact and individual tolerance are acknowledged, it is still underutilized on a global scale. In view of this fact, the publication at hand has two objectives, namely to provide help to identify possible obstacles to a wider application of PD and to advance a project called USS PD: Understanding, Starting and Sustaining Peritoneal Dialysis (initiated by the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation of the St. Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy). The initial par.
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