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The Kidney Book provides a multidisciplinary practical guide to the diagnosis and management of common kidney conditions, procedures and situations that are encountered by physicians, residents and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases. The chapters provide point-by-point, concise and evidence-based information with tables, algorithms, and figures to summarise important clinical practices and therapeutic procedures in the daily care of patients with kidney diseases and transplants. Thence, readers will find this book easy to read and be able to quickly equip themselves with core and practically useful knowledge. This book is written by nephrologists and allied health professionals from Singapore's oldest and largest academic renal unit at the Singapore General Hospital, which has been ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the world by Newsweek.This book provides practical guidelines and information and differentiate itself from other nephrology themed books by its origin from Asia which would especially appeal to healthcare providers in the Asian region. There are very few textbooks in nephrology from Asia. In addition, it covers the most common problems and areas encountered by healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with kidney diseases in a point-by-point form which is easily digestible and extremely relevant to bedside clinical practice. The book even includes a special care section dealing with special situations and procedures such as kidney supportive care, pregnancy and therapeutic plasma exchange. This book will appeal to a wide audience and even medical/nursing or allied health students will find the book useful in their studies. |
