31 minutes, Produced in 2007

See exactly what's happening inside your patients with acute or chronic renal failure. Learn how to spot the signs of these pathophysiologic changes and intervene to prevent life-threatening complications.

With this DVD, you'll get a wealth of in-depth, practical information to help you understand and treat these serious disorders.

• Among other things, you'll learn how to:
• identify key risk factors for renal failure
• understand how each type of acute renal failure occurs and affects other body systems
• spot the effects of each phase of acute renal failure
• detect characteristic signs and symptoms of chronic renal failure
• explain to patients how diagnostic tests reveal renal failure and how drugs and other treatments can control the disorder
• teach patients to make diet and lifestyle changes to minimize complications.