Overview
- Answers clinically relevant questions regarding the evaluation and management of acute kidney injury
- Covers a wide range of issues
- Provides practical guidelines and treatment algorithms
- Includes calculators for continuous renal replacement therapy and anticoagulant dosing
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Diagnosis of AKI
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Prevention and Protection
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Renal Replacement Therapy
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Reviews
“This is an overview of the physiology and early therapy of kidney dysfunction that can occur in patients in the critical care unit. … This is a concise, easy-to-read book for bedside intensivists, with a view to facilitating more effective consultation and performance of renal replacement therapy. Trainees with significant critical care exposure, fellows in advanced critical care training, and staff members desiring a rapidly read pocket guide will benefit from this book … .” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Acute Nephrology for the Critical Care Physician
Editors: Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten, Lui G. Forni, A.B. Johan Groeneveld, Sean M. Bagshaw, Michael Joannidis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17389-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17388-7Published: 29 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17389-4Published: 09 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 286
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Nephrology, Anesthesiology