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How to Make a Killing

Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine

de Tom Mueller ...

**As Featured on What Now? with Trevor NoahFinalist for the 2024 New York Public Library's Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismInspiring and deeply distressing.” —Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it’s meant to save?**Six decades ago, ... Leer más

$11.15 USD

**As Featured on What Now? with Trevor NoahFinalist for the 2024 New York Public Library's Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismInspiring and deeply distressing.” —Ezekiel J. Emanuel, author of Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it’s meant to save?**Six decades ago,
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Coping with Kidney Disease

A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis

de Mackenzie Walser, Betsy Thorpe ...

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysisIf you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each ... Leer más

$13.00 USD

A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysisIf you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each
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Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management

de John T. Daugirdas ...

Series series Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series
The Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management focuses on practical aspects of managing patients with mild to moderate Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), incorporating the expertise of cardiologists, endocrinologists, general internists, and nephrologists. Chapters include case vignettes and management algorithms, and treatment recommendations reconcile recently published clinical guidelines from ... Leer más

$62.36 USD

The Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management focuses on practical aspects of managing patients with mild to moderate Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), incorporating the expertise of cardiologists, endocrinologists, general internists, and nephrologists. Chapters include case vignettes and management algorithms, and treatment recommendations reconcile recently published clinical guidelines from
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The Complete Ckd Stage 4 Cookbook

Low Potassium, Low Phosphorus, Low Sodium Recipes to Manage Stage 4 Kidney Disease & Improve Renal Function

de Cloer Sherry R.D ...

Are you feeling overwhelmed by your Stage 4 CKD diagnosis—unsure what you can safely eat without putting your health at risk?Do food choices feel like a constant source of anxiety, where one wrong meal could impact your potassium, phosphorus, or sodium levels?Are you searching for a clear, reliable way to eat safely while still enjoying real, satisfying meals?The Stage 4 CKD Cookbook is your ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Are you feeling overwhelmed by your Stage 4 CKD diagnosis—unsure what you can safely eat without putting your health at risk?Do food choices feel like a constant source of anxiety, where one wrong meal could impact your potassium, phosphorus, or sodium levels?Are you searching for a clear, reliable way to eat safely while still enjoying real, satisfying meals?The Stage 4 CKD Cookbook is your
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

de John Kellum, Rinaldo Bellomo, Claudio Ronco ...

Series series Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine
In the past decade, CRRT has moved from a niche therapy within specific specialty centers to the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, to-the-point bedside guidance about this treatment modality, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and ... Leer más

$37.25 USD

In the past decade, CRRT has moved from a niche therapy within specific specialty centers to the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, to-the-point bedside guidance about this treatment modality, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and
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Handbook of Nutrition and the Kidney

de William E. Mitch, T. Alp Ikizler ...

Series series Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series
Thoroughly revised and updated for its Sixth Edition, this handbook is a practical, easily accessible guide to nutritional management of patients with acute and chronic renal diseases. Leading international experts present state-of-the-art information on these patients' nutritional requirements and offer dietary recommendations, with menus and lists of supplements to enhance patient compliance. ... Leer más

$53.45 USD

Thoroughly revised and updated for its Sixth Edition, this handbook is a practical, easily accessible guide to nutritional management of patients with acute and chronic renal diseases. Leading international experts present state-of-the-art information on these patients' nutritional requirements and offer dietary recommendations, with menus and lists of supplements to enhance patient compliance.
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A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Managing Bladder Health

de Dr. Spineanu Eugenia ...

Uncover the Complex World of Bladder Control in This Comprehensive GuideDo you want to understand the challenges of bladder control and how to overcome them? This essential book dives deep into the causes, implications, and solutions for bladder control issues, transforming stigma into empowerment.5 KEY FEATURES OF THIS BOOK:EXPERT EXPLANATION OF BLADDER FUNCTION - Understand the anatomy, ... Leer más

$0.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Uncover the Complex World of Bladder Control in This Comprehensive GuideDo you want to understand the challenges of bladder control and how to overcome them? This essential book dives deep into the causes, implications, and solutions for bladder control issues, transforming stigma into empowerment.5 KEY FEATURES OF THIS BOOK:EXPERT EXPLANATION OF BLADDER FUNCTION - Understand the anatomy,
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Endocrine Regulation of Electrolyte Balance

Edición de F. Krück, K. Thurau ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Recent experimental and clinical research performed by outstanding authorities has enabled us to characterize fundamental processes that govern the regulation of salt and water content of the body. Their results have provided not only an important gain of insight into mechanisms at the cellular level but also the possibility to integrate single cell activities into a complex organ function. ... Leer más

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Recent experimental and clinical research performed by outstanding authorities has enabled us to characterize fundamental processes that govern the regulation of salt and water content of the body. Their results have provided not only an important gain of insight into mechanisms at the cellular level but also the possibility to integrate single cell activities into a complex organ function.
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Pediatric Kidney Disease: A Case-Based Approach - E-Book

A Case-Based Approach

de Farahnak Assadi ...

An ideal resource for specialists and non-specialist clinicians and trainees, Pediatric Kidney Disease: A Case-Based Approach contains more than 400 case reports that offer a unique learning opportunity in this challenging field. These accessible and instructive case studies help readers recognize important clinical symptoms and signs to develop the diagnostic and management skills needed for ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

An ideal resource for specialists and non-specialist clinicians and trainees, Pediatric Kidney Disease: A Case-Based Approach contains more than 400 case reports that offer a unique learning opportunity in this challenging field. These accessible and instructive case studies help readers recognize important clinical symptoms and signs to develop the diagnostic and management skills needed for
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Acarbose for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

Edición de W. Creutzfeldt ...

New principles for the treatment of diabetes are described in this volume. Experts present experimental and clinical data on treatment with acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor that delays absorption of fast carbohydrates. Toxicologic, pharmacologic and metabolic effects of acarbose are discussed. A concluding section on the future aspects of alpha-glucosidase inhibition offers a fair ... Leer más

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New principles for the treatment of diabetes are described in this volume. Experts present experimental and clinical data on treatment with acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor that delays absorption of fast carbohydrates. Toxicologic, pharmacologic and metabolic effects of acarbose are discussed. A concluding section on the future aspects of alpha-glucosidase inhibition offers a fair
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Diabetic Renal-Retinal Syndrome

Pathogenesis and Management Update 2002

Edición de E.A. Friedman, Francis A. L'Esperance Jr. ...

Fresh insights into the pathogenic mechanisms by which hyperglycemia induces tissue and organ injurt are the basis for rapidly evolving promising therapies in diabetes. Especially promising as targets for intervention are products of oxidative stress, including kinins and growth factors. Improving results of renal replacement regimes now incorporating pancreatic islet transplants are able to delay ... Leer más

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Fresh insights into the pathogenic mechanisms by which hyperglycemia induces tissue and organ injurt are the basis for rapidly evolving promising therapies in diabetes. Especially promising as targets for intervention are products of oxidative stress, including kinins and growth factors. Improving results of renal replacement regimes now incorporating pancreatic islet transplants are able to delay
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The Kidney in Pregnancy

Edición de V.E. Andreucci ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The behavior of the kidney in normal pregnancy, as well as in complicated pregnancy, is a very interesting, but still in many ways an unknown topic in renal medicine. It is undoubtedly difficult to determine, even in normal women, the behavior of renal hemodynamics throughout gestation, since the fear of impairing a new life (i.e., the fetus's life) will limit, for ethical reasons, the use or the ... Leer más

$128.78 USD

The behavior of the kidney in normal pregnancy, as well as in complicated pregnancy, is a very interesting, but still in many ways an unknown topic in renal medicine. It is undoubtedly difficult to determine, even in normal women, the behavior of renal hemodynamics throughout gestation, since the fear of impairing a new life (i.e., the fetus's life) will limit, for ethical reasons, the use or the
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Handbook of Dialysis Therapy, E-Book

Edición de Allen R. Nissenson, Richard N. Fine, Rajnish Mehrotra, Joshua Zaritsky ...

Edited and written by top experts and pioneers in dialysis, Handbook of Dialysis Therapy, 6th Edition, provides the entire dialysis team with a comprehensive overview of this growing field. It covers traditional and advanced procedures, what pitfalls to expect and how to overcome them, and how best to treat various patient populations—all with a practical approach that can be directly applied to ... Leer más

$86.66 USD

Edited and written by top experts and pioneers in dialysis, Handbook of Dialysis Therapy, 6th Edition, provides the entire dialysis team with a comprehensive overview of this growing field. It covers traditional and advanced procedures, what pitfalls to expect and how to overcome them, and how best to treat various patient populations—all with a practical approach that can be directly applied to
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Improving Prognosis for Kidney Disorders

Edición de M.M. Avram ...

More than half a million people worldwide are now sustained by renal replacement therapy, mainly hemodialysis at a cost exceeding USD 30 billion per year. Each case of ESRD that is delayed or prevented saves funds that may be applied to other aspects of health care. Edited by an internationally renowned nephrologist, Prognosis for Kidney Disorders provides a timely summary of exciting work in ... Leer más

$80.18 USD

More than half a million people worldwide are now sustained by renal replacement therapy, mainly hemodialysis at a cost exceeding USD 30 billion per year. Each case of ESRD that is delayed or prevented saves funds that may be applied to other aspects of health care. Edited by an internationally renowned nephrologist, Prognosis for Kidney Disorders provides a timely summary of exciting work in
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Therapy of Renal Diseases and Related Disorders

Edición de Wadi N. Suki, Shaul G. Massry ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
'Where are all these kidney patients coming from? A Atchley and others studied the effects of hypertension, endocarditis, and circulatory diseases on the kidney and few years ago we never heard of kidney disease and now you are speaking of patients in the hundreds of thou spawned successive generations of alert clinical investi sands and indeed potentially millions'. My reply, not gators who began ... Leer más

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'Where are all these kidney patients coming from? A Atchley and others studied the effects of hypertension, endocarditis, and circulatory diseases on the kidney and few years ago we never heard of kidney disease and now you are speaking of patients in the hundreds of thou spawned successive generations of alert clinical investi sands and indeed potentially millions'. My reply, not gators who began
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Essentials of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Complications and Extrahepatic Manifestations

Edición de Anca Trifan, Carol Stanciu, Cristina Muzica ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The book is a compact yet comprehensive practical resource that highlights all must-know information on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Covering the major issues dominating the field, this book offers a broad vision on NAFLD using key data for a deep and thorough understanding of the latest diagnostic methods, treatment options, potential complications, and disease management strategies ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

The book is a compact yet comprehensive practical resource that highlights all must-know information on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Covering the major issues dominating the field, this book offers a broad vision on NAFLD using key data for a deep and thorough understanding of the latest diagnostic methods, treatment options, potential complications, and disease management strategies
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

In Clinical Practice

de Rolf Schmutz, Frédéric Birkhäuser, Pascal Zehnder ...

Series series In Clinical Practice
This book is a comprehensive guide to extracorporeal stone wave lithotripsy (ESWL) that includes a step-by-step approach for treating every possible kidney stone position. The book has an easy to read structure that will help readers understand ESWL quickly.Written by leading experts who have used ESWL to treat over 23000 patients, this book brings together years of practical knowledge and ... Leer más

$64.79 USD

This book is a comprehensive guide to extracorporeal stone wave lithotripsy (ESWL) that includes a step-by-step approach for treating every possible kidney stone position. The book has an easy to read structure that will help readers understand ESWL quickly.Written by leading experts who have used ESWL to treat over 23000 patients, this book brings together years of practical knowledge and
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Guide to Reprocessing of Hemodialyzers

de Norman Deane, Robert J. Wineman, James A. Bemis ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The purpose of this book is to provide information for the nephrologist to gain a perspective on the medical, scientific, and technical aspects of reprocess ing of hemodialyzers. The book is also designed to serve the needs of the associated medical, nursing, and technical staffs of dialysis facilities for data on reuse of hemodialyzers. As an information source, the book will prove to be useful ... Leer más

$44.54 USD

The purpose of this book is to provide information for the nephrologist to gain a perspective on the medical, scientific, and technical aspects of reprocess ing of hemodialyzers. The book is also designed to serve the needs of the associated medical, nursing, and technical staffs of dialysis facilities for data on reuse of hemodialyzers. As an information source, the book will prove to be useful
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Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Asia

Edición de C. Venkata S. Ram, Boon Wee Jimmy Teo, Gurpreet S. Wander ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book will cover all aspects of hypertension and the manifestations of cardiovascular disease in the Asian population. Asia has the largest population of all the continents, and also has the largest number of people suffering from these diseases. Due to an expanding economy and increasing affluent lifestyles, their incidence is increasing at alarming rates - in fact, this continent is a ... Leer más

$96.38 USD

This book will cover all aspects of hypertension and the manifestations of cardiovascular disease in the Asian population. Asia has the largest population of all the continents, and also has the largest number of people suffering from these diseases. Due to an expanding economy and increasing affluent lifestyles, their incidence is increasing at alarming rates - in fact, this continent is a
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Hemodialysis Access

Fundamentals and Advanced Management

Edición de Sherene Shalhub, Anahita Dua, Susanna Shin ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of hemodialysis access creation and advanced management for maintenance is designed to meet the needs of all surgeons and physicians responsible for the treatment and care of patients undergoing dialysis. The book opens by discussing every aspect of dialysis access planning, including selection of the right access for the individual patient and ... Leer más

$88.28 USD

This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of hemodialysis access creation and advanced management for maintenance is designed to meet the needs of all surgeons and physicians responsible for the treatment and care of patients undergoing dialysis. The book opens by discussing every aspect of dialysis access planning, including selection of the right access for the individual patient and
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A Simple Guide To Polyuria, (Frequent Urination) Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

de Kenneth Kee ...

This book describes Polyuria (Frequent Urination), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesAre you one of the millions of people who pass copious amount of urine every day and worse still at night?Polyuria is also called excessive or frequent urination of copious amount of urine.Polyuria happens when one urinates more than what would be considered normal.Urinary volume should not be more than ... Leer más

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This book describes Polyuria (Frequent Urination), Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesAre you one of the millions of people who pass copious amount of urine every day and worse still at night?Polyuria is also called excessive or frequent urination of copious amount of urine.Polyuria happens when one urinates more than what would be considered normal.Urinary volume should not be more than
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Swollen Kidney, (Hydronephrosis) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

de Kenneth Kee ...

This book describes Swollen Kidney, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesSwollen Kidney (Hydronephrosis) is a disorder in which one or both kidneys become stretched and swollen due to the accumulation of excess urine.Hydronephrosis happens when there is either an obstruction of the outflow of urine, or reverse flow of urine already in the bladder (called reflux) that can cause the renal ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book describes Swollen Kidney, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesSwollen Kidney (Hydronephrosis) is a disorder in which one or both kidneys become stretched and swollen due to the accumulation of excess urine.Hydronephrosis happens when there is either an obstruction of the outflow of urine, or reverse flow of urine already in the bladder (called reflux) that can cause the renal
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Proteinuria, (Protein in Urine) A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

de Kenneth Kee ...

This book describes Proteinuria, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases.Proteinuria indicates the leakage of protein in the urine.It is often defined as a quantity in excess of 300 mg per day.Proteinuria is linked with cardiovascular and renal disease and is an indicator of end organ damage in patients with hypertension.The detection of a rise in protein excretion is believed to have both ... Leer más

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This book describes Proteinuria, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases.Proteinuria indicates the leakage of protein in the urine.It is often defined as a quantity in excess of 300 mg per day.Proteinuria is linked with cardiovascular and renal disease and is an indicator of end organ damage in patients with hypertension.The detection of a rise in protein excretion is believed to have both
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Fanconi Syndrome, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

de Kenneth Kee ...

Fanconi syndrome is a medical disorder of the tubes of the kidney in which some substances normally re-absorbed into the bloodstream by the kidneys are excreted into the urine instead.Fanconi syndrome indicates the generalized poor function of the kidney's proximal tubules, not the other nephron segmentsFanconi syndrome results in:Aminoaciduria,Glycosuria,Phosphaturia,Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Fanconi syndrome is a medical disorder of the tubes of the kidney in which some substances normally re-absorbed into the bloodstream by the kidneys are excreted into the urine instead.Fanconi syndrome indicates the generalized poor function of the kidney's proximal tubules, not the other nephron segmentsFanconi syndrome results in:Aminoaciduria,Glycosuria,Phosphaturia,Renal tubular acidosis (RTA)
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