EAN: 9783318062977

RECENT ADVANCES IN DIALYSIS THERAPY IN JAPAN GE...

The number of dialysis patients  and their ages  continues to increase globally. This creates
major issues such as rising medical costs in an aging population  how to best manage
end-of-life care  and how to train the various practitioners involved in dialysis care. After
the US and China  Japan occupies 3rd place with regard to the number of dialysis patients and
is also widely regarded as a world leader in dialysis. This book contains selected articles -
organized into 4 chapters - that discuss recent advances in dialysis therapy in Japan. Chapter
1 presents insights into causes  risk factors  disease associations  and possible implications
for management of dialysis patients. Chapter 2 examines recent progress in hemodialysis
treatment  and chapter 3 focuses on developments in peritoneal dialysis. The final chapter
concentrates on recent advances in apheresis and current trends in practice  among other
topics. This book is aimed at nephrologists  physicians  urologists  nurses  clinical engineers
pharmacists  and nutritionists. It is a significant contribution to furthering the progress of
dialysis therapy worldwide.

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