History of Peritoneal Dialysis -- Current Status and Growth of Peritoneal Dialysis -- Patient Survival Comparisons Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis -- Peritoneal Structure and Changes as a Dialysis Membrane After Peritoneal Dialysis -- The Physiology and Pathophysiology of Peritoneal Transport -- Peritoneal Dialysis Program Organization and Management: The Nurse's Role -- Peritoneal Dialysis Access and Exit-Site Care Including Surgical Aspects -- Automated Peritoneal Dialysis -- Incremental Peritoneal and Hemodialysis -- Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis -- Monitoring the Functional Status of the Peritoneum -- New Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions and Solutions on the Horizon -- Blood Pressure Control in Peritoneal Dialysis -- Peritoneal Infections in Peritoneal Dialysis (PD Peritonitis) -- Noninfectious Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis -- Protein-Energy Wasting During Peritoneal Dialysis -- Calcium, Phosphate and Renal Osteodystrophy: CKD - Mineral & Bone Disorder -- Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation -- Vascular Calcification and Calciphylaxis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients -- Electrolyte Management in Peritoneal Dialysis -- Management of Anemia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients -- Peritoneal Dialysis in Diabetic End-Stage Kidney Disease -- Peritoneal Dialysis in Children -- PD in the Older Person -- Ultrafiltration Failure -- Long-Term Peritoneal Dialysis -- Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis -- Role of Peritoneal Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury -- Kidney Transplant and Peritoneal Dialysis -- Basic Science and Translational Research in Peritoneal Dialysis -- Animal Models for Peritoneal Dialysis Research -- Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy.

This fourth edition comprehensively covers peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis represents an intracorporeal technique for blood purification. This unique dialysis system represents one of many human attempts to manipulate nature for sustenance of life. Recent advances have focused on further improvement of the technique, which are covered in full throughout the text. During the past decade, the time during which this therapy has been increasingly utilized, the 3rd Edition has continued to be recognized as the major source of the discipline's base knowledge. The evolution of this text to its newest edition parallels the growth of peritoneal dialysis from Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis in the eighties to the current therapy that encompasses manual and automated therapies with full emphasis on adequacy of dialysis dose. Nolph and Gokal's Textbook of Peritoneal Dialysis is the most in-depth publication on this dialysis technique and is an ideal resource for all clinicians practicing peritoneal dialysis.