CAPD/CCPD in Children

Book excerpt: A detailed guide for nephrologists and allied medical professionals to using continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and various modifications of automated peritoneal dialysis, such as continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis, to provide prolonged dialysis to infants, children, and adolescents with end-stage renal disease. Includes discussions of the NAPRTCS experience in North America, children in developing countries, the structure and function of the pediatric peritoneal membrane, the organization and management of a pediatric dialysis unit, anemia and its treatment in children on continuous dialysis, prescribing the various forms of dialysis, peritonitis, gynecologic issues, the ethics of withholding and withdrawing therapy in infants and young children, the effects of renal neurotoxicity on cognitive development, a parent's view, new peritoneal dialysate solutions and intraperitoneal therapies, nutritional therapy, and other topics. Incorporates developments in the decade since the first edition. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR