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Present and future therapies for end-stage renal disease [E-Book] - New Jersey : World Scientific, 2010. - 1 online resource (vi, 195 pages) : illustrations - Regenerative medicine, artificial cells and nanomedicine ; v. 2 . - Regenerative medicine, artificial cells and nanomedicine ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peritoneal dialysis: past and current practices / Mary C. Mallappallil -- Hemodialysis / Yalemzewd Woredekal -- Kidney transplantation / Fasika Tedla -- Home hemodialysis: present and future therapies / Barbara G. Delano -- Hemofiltration / Halim S. Ghali -- Self-care in-center hemodialysis / Susan H. Bray -- Opting for death rather than dialysis in chronic renal failure / Anthony J. Joseph -- Ethical concerns in marketing kidneys / Amy L. Friedman -- The wearable artificial kidney: a new paradigm in the treatment of ESRD / Victor Gura -- Xenotransplantation / Moro O. Salifu, Syed Shah, and Subodh Saggi -- Can the bowel serve as a kidney? / Eli A. Friedman.

ISBN: 9789814280037 9814280038

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chronic renal failure--Treatment.
Hemodialysis.
Kidneys--Transplantation.
Kidney Failure, Chronic--therapy
Renal Dialysis--methods
Kidney Transplantation
Renal Dialysis

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WJ 378 / P933 2010