Death on Hemodialysis Preventable or Inevitable [Paperback]

Death on Hemodialysis: Preventable or Inevitable? presents the transactions of the Brooklyn meeting, held in April 1993, including an analysis by Scribner and Schreiner and an introduction by Edmund Bourke. Authors include the heads of dialysis registries for Japan, Europe, and the United States, as well as protagonists of dialyser reuse and short dialysis times. Enthusiasts championed the determination of adequacy of dialysis by formulae or by clinical assessment. All chapters are direct and forceful. The reader will be able to judge the data on what are key controversies in planning dialysis protocols and schedules.
Death on Hemodialysis: Preventable or Inevitable? presents the transactions of the Brooklyn meeting, held in April 1993, including an analysis by Scribner and Schreiner and an introduction by Edmund Bourke. Authors include the heads of dialysis registries for Japan, Europe, and the United States, as well as protagonists of dialyser reuse and short dialysis times. Enthusiasts championed the determination of adequacy of dialysis by formulae or by clinical assessment. All chapters are direct and forceful. The reader will be able to judge the data on what are key controversies in planning dialysis protocols and schedules.
Foreword: Introduction to the final challenge; E. Bourke. 1. Lessons from mortality risks and rates; G.E. Schreiner. 2. Death on hemodialysis: preventable or inevitable? E.A. Friedman. 3. Survival of middle-aged dialysis patients in Japan and the U.S., 1988-89; P.J. Held. 4. Analysis of causes of death and of the direction of management to improve survival. Data from European Renal Association Registry (ERA-EDTA); N.P. Mallick. 5. Treacherous fantasy: the unfulfilled promise of Kt/V; H.J. Gurland. 6. ESRD Registry statistics on dialysis mortality in Japan; F. Marumo. 7. International comparisons of dialysis survival are meaningless lÃ*