Oxford Handbook of Dialysis (Oxford Medical Publications)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780192631602
Subjects: Renal medicine; Urology & urogenital medicine; Hemodialysis; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Medical Procedure; Nephrology; Urology; Medical / Nephrology; Handbooks; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Renal Dialysis; complications
First sentence: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is loss of renal function requiring treatment with any form of chronic dialysis or transplantation Dialysis for acute renal failure is not considered ESRD unless renal function fails to recover.