Renal Failure and Replacement Therapies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Assessment of Renal Function

   • Mohan Arkanath

   Pages 1-6

3. Imaging of Acute Renal Failure—A Problem-Solving Approach for Intensive Care Unit Physicians

   • Tom Sutherland

   Pages 7-13

4. Drug-Induced Renal Injury

   • Sara Blakeley

   Pages 14-18

5. Acute Kidney Injury

   • Sara Blakeley

   Pages 19-25

6. Medical Management of Acute Renal Failure

   • Nerina Harley

   Pages 26-32

7. Acute Renal Failure in the Surgical Patient

   • Marlies Ostermann

   Pages 33-37

8. Rhabdomyolysis and Compartment Syndrome

   • Laurie Tomlinson, Stephen Holt

   Pages 38-41

9. Multisystem Causes of Acute Renal Failure

   • Tim Leach

   Pages 42-48

10. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

    • Tim Leach

    Pages 49-50

11. Renal Replacement Therapy

    • John H. Reeves

    Pages 51-56

12. Technical Aspects of Renal Replacement Therapy

    • Sara Blakeley

    Pages 57-63

13. End-Stage Renal Disease

    • Emile Mohammed

    Pages 64-70

14. Clinical Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia

    • Harn-Yih Ong

    Pages 71-76

15. Clinical Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia

    • Himangsu Gangopadhyay

    Pages 77-80

16. Clinical Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis

    • Sara Blakeley

    Pages 81-86

17. Back Matter

    Pages 87-90

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Increased recognition of the overlap between critical care and renal medicine, and recent advances in the understanding of acute renal failure and the application of renal replacement therapies, have brought increased attention to the nephrologist's role in the intensive care unit (ICU). This book is written to provide an approach for the resident in nephrology, at any level of training, with regards to critically ill patients. This text provides the information necessary to provide care for the nephrology patient in the ICU.

• Cbcc
• Competancy
• Critical
• Renal
• care
• critical care
• intensive care
• kidney
• nephrology

From the reviews:

"This monograph provides an introduction to renal insufficiency for the intensivist. … The role of nephrology in the intensive care unit is reviewed. Trainees and practitioners desiring a concise overview will find this book from practitioners in the U. K. attractive. … This is an excellent introduction to an important problem faced in day-to-day critical care. Readers will find a concise review of renal pathophysiology in the ICU and an overview of available therapies." (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)

• Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK

  Sara Blakeley

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