Critical Care Nephrology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxv

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2. The Critically Ill Patient

   1. Applied cardiovascular physiology

      • Michael R. Pinsky

      Pages 1-8

   2. Fundamentals of resuscitation

      • John J. Brady, Michael R. Pinsky

      Pages 9-17

   3. Prediction of outcome in critically ill patients

      • Gilles Clermont, Derek C. Angus

      Pages 19-32

   4. Rationale and application of physiologic monitoring

      • Michael R. Pinsky

      Pages 33-42

   5. Pharmacologic support of the hemodynamically unstable patient

      • Navdeep K. Mehta, Michael R. Pinsky

      Pages 43-50

3. Elements of Basic Sciences

   1. Fundamentals of applied probability and basic statistics

      • Gerhard Dikta

      Pages 51-61

   2. Applied physics of compressible and incompressible fluids

      • Hans Joachim Weber

      Pages 63-84

   3. Elements of applied immunology for the intensive care unit and chronic uremia-related disorders

      • Bétrice Descamps-Latscha, Paul Jungers

      Pages 85-101

   4. Basic elements of applied microbiology in the intensive care unit

      • Stephen I. Vas

      Pages 103-110

   5. Basic elements of applied pharmacology in the intensive care unit

      • Michael F. Flessner

      Pages 111-123

   6. Fundamentals of biochemistry and energy metabolism in the normal subject and in the critically ill patient

      • Xavier M. Leverve, Noël Cano

      Pages 125-131

4. Epidemiology of Kidney Diseases in the Intensive Care Unit

   1. Epidemiology of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit

      • Ian C. Abbs, J. Stewart Cameron

      Pages 133-141

   2. Risk factors for acute renal failure in critically ill patients

      • Dieter Kleinknecht

      Pages 143-151

   3. Assessment of outcome from acute renal failure

      • Kathleen Daly, David Bihari

      Pages 153-161

5. Fluid and Electrolyte Problems in the Intensive Care Unit and Acute Renal Failure

   1. Regulatory mechanisms of fluid and electrolyte turnover

      • Reinold O. B. Gans, Pieter M. Ter Wee

      Pages 163-173

   2. Edematous states in the intensive care unit

      • Walther H. Boer, Hein A. Koomans

      Pages 175-182

   3. Hypernatremia and hyponatremia

      • Lambert G. Thijs

      Pages 183-195

   4. Hyper- and hypokalemia in critical patients

      • Bruno Redaelli, Giovanna Bonoldi

      Pages 197-209

   5. Calcium phosphate and magnesium balance in patients with acute illness

      • Giuseppe Pontoriero, Francesco Locatelli, Eberhard Ritz

      Pages 211-223

Internists, surgeons, critical care physicians and nephrologists all treat critically ill patients with renal failure and the multiple system organ dysfunction syndrome. A comprehensive review of the state of the art of this topic is definitely needed both in academic and clinical medicine, and Critical Care Nephrology fulfils this need. It is a useful reference tool for both nephrologists and intensive care specialists and it is therefore no coincidence that the editors of the book are themselves specialists in these particular fields.
The book addresses the following: definitions of critical illness, epidemiology, monitoring and diagnostic procedures, pathophysiology of organ systems in relation to kidney function, concepts of renal physiologic and pathologic responses to various derangements, oxygen transport and cardiovascular adaptations, hemodynamic parameters, respiratory parameters, mechanical ventilation and cardiac support, and severity score parameters.
The book is also devoted to all forms of acute renal failure with specific reference to intensive care patients. The nature of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is discussed with special emphasis on the impact of different organs dysfunction and kidney failure. Kidney function and acute renal failure in patients with kidney, liver and heart transplants is also considered, as well as acute illness occurring in chronic hemodialysis patients. Special emphasis is placed on therapeutic interventions and treatment procedures. Different forms of organ support are discussed including liver, lung and cardiac therapy.

• Sepsis
• care
• critical care
• epidemiology
• intensive care
• kidney
• mechanical ventilation
• nephrology

`Critical Care Nephrology is therefore welcomed as perhaps the first comprehensive textbook to address the concept of intensive care and nephrology co-existing as critical care nephrology. ... provides much of the grounding ... ideal source of information and references for anyone practising or training in this field.'
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 13 (1998)
`Het boek is een compleet standaardwerk geworden, omdat ook aandacht is besteed aan minder voor de hand liggende onderwerpen. Hieronder vallen onder ander problemen bij pasgeborenen en kinderen en de effecten van pulmonale problemen op de nierfunctie. Dit boek is met name geschikt voor intensivisten en voor nefrologen die betrokken zijn bij de behandeling van deze gecompliceerde patiëntengroep. De samenstellers van het boek, een nefroloog en een intensivist, zijn er uitstekend in geslaagd de raakvlakken van deze twee vakgebieden te bespreken.'
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 142 (1998)

• Department of Nephrology, St. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

  Claudio Ronco

• Department of Intensive Care, Austin and Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

  Rinaldo Bellomo

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