Dialysis ─ History, Development and Promise

Ing (Loyola U. Chicago) et al. assemble 95 chapters by an international group of nephrologists and other medical specialists who outline the history and development of dialysis, as well as its future. They describe the work of pioneers such as Claude Bernard, Thomas Graham, John Jacob Abel, Charles Leonard von Hess and Hugh McGuigan, G.R. Love, Heinrich Necheles, William Thalhimer, Nils Alwall, Gordon Murray, and John Putnam Merrill, then outline progress and expansion in current practice, methods and machines, and modifications of standard hemodialysis schedules and techniques, such as continuous renal replacement therapy, non-dialytic ultrafiltration, and various modalities of peritoneal dialysis and dialysis in veterinary medicine. They also discuss dialysis around the world; special problems in treating patients; practice guidelines, management, and patient education; and innovations like electronic medical records, nanotechnology, wearable artificial kidneys, affinity hemodialysis, bioartificial kidneys, artificial cells, and stem cell research. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)