02766cam a2200337 4500 546508020 TxAuBib 20100609120000.0 030926s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003021346 9780471274230 pbk. 0471274232 pbk. (OCoLC)53138704 DLC DLC YDX OCLCQ VET HT# TxAuBib Walser, Mackenzie. Coping with kidney disease : a 12-step treatment program to help you avoid dialysis / Mackenzie Walser, with Betsy Thorpe, and contributions by Nga Hong Brereton. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2004. x, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index. Part I. Looking at the disease of kidney failure -- Chapter 1. What do kidneys do and what happens when they fail? -- Chapter 2. Are you at risk for kidney failure? -- Chapter 3. Symptoms of kidney failure -- Part II. How to treat kidney failure -- Chapter 4. Treating kidney failure -- Chapter 5. Step one: assess your kidney failure treatment -- Chapter 6. Step two: make life style changes -- Chapter 7. Step three: follow a low-protein diet -- Chapter 8. Step four: treat salt and water problems -- Chapter 9. Step five: regulate your blood pressure -- Chapter 10. Step six: treat acidosis -- Chapter 11. Step seven: treat anemia and iron deficiency -- Chapter 12. Step eight: treat potassium problems -- Chapter 13. Step nine: Treat calcium and phosphate problems -- Chapter 14. Step ten: treat gout and uric acid problems -- Chapter 15. Step eleven: treat your high cholesterol -- Chapter 16. Step twelve: knowing the medication that slows the progression of renal failure -- Part III. Tracking kidney failure, dialysis, transplanst, and more -- Chapter 17. Keeping close watch on your kidney failure -- Chapter 18. Dietary treatment of the nephrotic syndrome -- Chapter 19. Safe and unsafe drugs -- Chapter 20. Transplantation as an alternative to dialysis -- Chapter 21. When to opt for dialysis -- Chapter 22. Examples of patients who have avoided dialysis. Presents information for possibly avoiding kidney dialysis through a twelve-step treatment program. 20100609. Kidneys. Kidneys. Diseases Prevention. Kidney Diseases prevention & control. Thorpe, Betsy. Brereton, Nga Hong. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley041/2003021346.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley041/2003021346.html Table of contents TXGAI