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Crush injury and crush syndrome: a consensus statement

01 October 2003

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Crush syndrome remains rare in European practice but is common in areas of civil disorder and where society has given way to civil war or natural disaster....

Chronic kidney disease:risk factors, assessment and nursing care

21 November 2006

Nursing Standard

Continuing professional development

This article provides an overview of chronic kidney disease in adults and outlines nursing management in primary and secondary care. Patient assessment, including...

When care breaks down

24 July 2007

Nursing Standard

Campaign

As Amanda Steane recounts the story of her husband’s untimely death, she is composed. It is only when she starts to describe how Paul, aged 45 and the father of her...

Acute renal failure: recognition and treatment in ward patients

11 February 2004

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses play a key role in the prevention and early detection of acute renal failure (ARF). This article provides an overview of patients in general ward settings who...

Implementing end of life care for patients with renal failure

02 September 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Traditional palliative care services have focused on individuals with cancer. The NHS National End of Life Care Programme, launched in December 2003, has been...

Chronic kidney disease: risk factors, assessment and nursing care

15 November 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article provides an overview of chronic kidney disease in adults and outlines nursing management in primary and secondary care. Patient assessment, including...

Acute pyelonephritis: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment

03 October 2012

Nursing Standard

CPD

Pyelonephritis is an acute urological condition that involves infection of one or both kidneys. The condition is not generally associated with high levels of...

Promoting quality of life for patients with myeloma

01 October 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

CPD

This article aims to provide nurses with an update of best practice in caring for patients living with a diagnosis of myeloma. Targeted treatments for myeloma have...

Experience of directed living donor kidney transplant recipients: a literature review

13 September 2017

Nursing Standard

Evidence & practice

A directed living donor is a healthy individual who donates an organ to a specific person. The number of living donor kidney transplantations in the UK has been...