This handbook is a compact but clear and comprehensive guide to all aspects of dialysis, from preparing patients for dialysis, details of both haemo- and peritoneal dialysis, to continuous haemofiltration techniques and complications of end stage renal disease. It has been thoroughly revised to include: new best practice guidelines, sections on haemodiafiltration, new intradialytic monitoring techniques, new PD fluids, trials in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, integrated care, care of dying patients, pain control in ESRF, new drugs, new vitamin D analogues and phosphase binders.