Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Section A: Chronic Kidney Disease in the General Population
Chapter 1. Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease
(Rachel Sara Ramsey and Georgios Aperis, Causeway Hospital, Coleraine, N. Ireland, and others)
Chapter 2. Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease
(Foteini Lamprianou, Nephrology Department, General Hospital of Rhodes, Greece)
Chapter 3. Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Complications
(Polichronis Alivanis, Christos Paliouras and Georgios Mattas, Nephrology Department, General Hospital of Rhodes, Greece, and others)
Section B: Chronic Kidney Disease in Selected Cohorts of the Population
Chapter 4. Differences between the Ageing Kidney and Chronic Kidney Disease
(Carlos G. Musso and Juan F. MacĂas Núñez, Nephrology Division, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 5. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Elderly: Scope, Perceptions and Outcomes.
(S.A. Balogun, E.M. Abdel-Rahman and R.A. Balogun, Divisions of Geriatrics and Nephrology, University of Virginia, Virginia, USA)
Chapter 6. Unique Considerations in the Management of the Elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease
(E.M. Abdel-Rahman, R.A. Balogun and S.A. Balogun, Divisions of Geriatrics and Nephrology, University of Virginia, USA)
Chapter 7. Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease in the Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Population: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk
(Jennifer Guttman, Devorah Shagalov, Heather Kurtis and Samy I. McFarlane, Department of Medicine, SUNY-Downstate and Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Chapter 8. Atrial Fibrillation and Sudden Cardiac Death in End Stage Renal Disease
(Yu-Hsien La and Te-Chao Fang, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, and others)
Section C: Chronic Kidney Disease and Social Implications
Chapter 9. Assessing Social Support in Greek Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support
(Paraskevi Theofilou, Sophia Zyga, Georgios Tzitzikos, Pavlos Malindretos and Evangelia Kotrotsiou, Centre for Research and Technology, Department of Kinesiology, Health & Quality of Life Research Group, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, and others)
Chapter 10. Stress and Coping: Perspectives on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
(S. Muhammad, D. Jessop, P. Banks and C. Martin, University of the West of Scotland, School of Health Nursing and Midwifery, Hamilton, UK and others)
Index