This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of interventional nephrology. Similar to the previous edition, this text describes a direct approach to clinical problems encountered by the community of care providers who treat chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients. Practical scenarios faced on a day-to-day basis are presented by experts in the field, utilizing the latest scientific information. The book also features updated therapeutic guidelines and fully revised and new chapters.Written by the foremost authorities in the field, Interventional Nephrology: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is a must-have resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat and manage patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis access problems.

1. Pre-operative Evaluation - History.- 2. Pre-operative Evaluation - Physical Examination.- 3. Admission after Intervention– When and Why.- 4. Communicating Effectively for Interventional Nephrologists.- 5. Anticoagulants and Thrombolytics.- 6. Noninvasive Screening and testing for PAD in CKD Patients.- 7. Overview of PAD Treatment in the CKD Population: Indications, Medical Strategies, and Endovascular Techniques.- 8. Unconventional Venous Access: Percutaneous Translumbar and Transhepatic Venous Access for Hemodialysis.- 9. Approach to a Non-Functioning Catheter.- 10. Approach to the Infected Catheter.- 11. Approach to Patient Referred for Vascular Mapping.- 12. Approach to Arteriovenous Access.- 13. Approach to a Patient with Non-maturing AV Fistula.- 14. Approach to an Arteriovenous Access with Hyperpulsatile Pulse.- 15. Approach to an Arteriovenous Access with a Faint Thrill.- 16. Approach to an Arterio-venous Access with No Thrill, Bruit, or Pulse.- 17. Approach to Patient with arteriovenous Access Presenting with Hand Pain.- 18. Central Venous Stenosis.- 19. Approach to a patient with Pseudoaneurysm.- 20. Approach to Chest Pain During Dialysis.- 21. Approach to cyanotic digits and hand paresis.- 22. Approach to an abnormal surveillance measurement.- 23. Arterial Stenosis Affecting Arteriovenous Fistulae and Grafts in Hemodialysis Patients: Approach to Diagnosis and Management .- 24. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Renal Artery Stenosis.- 25. Vascular Injury During Interventions.- 26. Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Dialysis Access Procedure.- 27. Stent Migration.- 28. Foreign Body Retrieval.- 29. Contrast and Medication Adverse Reactions.- 30. The Management Of Serious Adverse Events Associated With Interventional Procedures.- 31. Preoperative Evaluation of a Patient for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter.- 32. Operative Considerations for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter.- 33. Approach to a patient with bowel perforation.