Interventional Nephrology: Principles and Practice

From the book reviews:

“This book on interventional nephrology is a collaboration of respected experts from a variety of disciplines including general and interventional nephrology, interventional radiology, cardiology, and surgery. … It is written primarily for those who specialize in the care of dialysis patients, particularly those interested in vascular access. … this book is sure to become one of the go-to resources for aspiring interventionalists.” (Jimmy D. Gentry II, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2014)

Historically, dialysis access care has been delegated to a variety of specialists, resulting in fragmentation of care delivery.  Interventional Nephrology (IN) is an emerging subspecialty of Nephrology that focuses on providing continuity of clinical and procedural care to chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients.  The procedures of IN include renal ultrasonography, placement and removal of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis catheters, angiography and balloon angioplasty for vascular access stenosis, endovascular stent and coil placement for dialysis access dysfunction, and thrombectomy procedures for clotted vascular access.