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The Dialysis Handbook for Technicians and Nurses Kindle Edition

by Oscar Cairoli (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Handbook to help nurses and technicians in the dialysis field. It contains functions of the kidney, access for hemodialysis, blood chemistries, signs and symptoms, potential problems in hemodialysis, secondary problems of renal failure, diagnostic studies, dialysates and dialyzers, hemodialysis equipment, water systems, history, dialysis acronyms, and other useful information. It also has information about CKD, Renal Case Management and Peritoneal Dialysis. Great for the new nurse or technician, helpful to have for review.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007GU3I74
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Medical West Publishing; 2nd Edition (March 2, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 2, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1616 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #432,328 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #92 in Medical Reference (Kindle Store)
- #278 in Medical Encyclopedias
- #1,062 in Medical Reference (Books)

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Oscar M. Cairoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and as a young man immigrated to the United States where he now resides. He served in the U.S. Army and after discharged attended college, where he graduated with a Bachelor in Science and a Master's in Business. Mr. Cairoli have written many articles and books related to dialysis and poetry, mainly Spanish poetry. Mr. Cairoli has always been interested in science, poetry and art.
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Kay

Easy to understand

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023

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It’s simple yet with lots of information

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2022

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I work on the systems back end for a dialysis provider on several software systems that require my 20+ years of health care quality improvement work background. This book provides me with a ready reference tool that has helped alot in my managing various project teams with technical information

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2015

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Almost too basic

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Daisy Perry

Clear and concise. Just the basics

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2014

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Great book for my needs. Clear and concise. I'm in RN new to dialysis field. The electrolyte section is a nice refresher. This book is easy to read and digest. I believe it's a great primer to prepare for my training.

5 people found this helpful

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Ella

Great for new techs

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023

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I think this book is great for new technicians or beginners who has no experience in dialysis. However, if you have experience, it’s best to read research papers instead to find out what’s new and what’s not.

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Average joe

HORRIBLE book!!! 240+ pages with maybe 30 pages worth of knowledge.

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2012

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This book is FAR from what I would expect in a "handbook". I have worked as a RN in chronic dialysis in the past, and recently took a position in a hospital doing acutes. I was searching for a book with some mid-level information to jog my brain and learn a little. This book has VERY little information in it at all!!! The acronyms section is the only part that really has much information, and it's all basic stuff anyone would know after 6 months anyway. The majority of the book is like the "notes page" handouts from a powerpoint presentation. You get 5-8 lines of info, and a big box (2/3+ of the page) that says "NOTES:". Another section, troubleshooting, gives you an outline with a few causes, S/S, interventions, and the expected outcome. VERY basic information, and the accompanying page says: you have a female pt with a hx of Sz who tells you she is starting to have muscle twitching... "Your first intervention will be:" and a few inches of blank paper, followed by "Your reasoning for your intervention:" and over half a sheet of blank paper. There is not an answer section, nothing to explain or teach rationale... It's like a study guide for you to use Google, find the answer, write it down... oh, but wait, was that the right answer? Who knows, the book never gives you any further information.

If you know NOTHING about dialysis, you might learn something here. Frankly the Core Curriculum by Amgen is FAR better reading for nurses or Techs. A tech with a 3-4 months in the unit would be just as disappointed with, and laugh at, this book as bad as I am.

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The best book I read regarding Dialysis

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016

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The best book I read regarding Dialysis. It has all the basic knowledge and theoretical background that every Dialysis nurse should master and understand in taking care of a chronic renal patient. Very excellent resource book. I had ICU background and I refresh my knowledge with this book.
I will recommend this book for beginners and even with experience.

11 people found this helpful

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P. H.

Great resource for the beginner to get their brain tracking ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2017

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Great resource for the beginner to get their brain tracking on the concepts and interventions when things go wrong. Written in everyday vernacular. I would say though that this is probably not the book for an experienced dialysis nurse just because (again) I believe this book likely entry level information.

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