Critical Care Nephrology, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

di Kellum • 2006 • dettagli prodotto

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Acute renal failure is the sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to excrete wastes, concentrate urine, and conserve electrolytes. This issue provides thorough information on acute renal failure, including prevention, epidemiology, classification, and physiologic consequences. Sixteen articles are included in all, with three papers addressing various aspects of renal replacement therapy. Table of Contents:1. Prevention of Acute Renal Failure (Venkataraman)2. Renal Replacement Therapy I: Indications and Timing (Palevsky)3. The Kidney in Sepsis (Himmelfarb)4. Unified Theories of Organ Dysfunction in Critical Illness (Fink)5. Defining, Classifying, and Quantifying Acute Renal Dysfunction (Bellomo)6. Epidemiology and Natural History of Acute Renal Failure in the ICU (Angus)7. Physiologic Consequences of Acute Renal Failure on the Critically Ill (Hoste)8. Renal Replacement Therapy II: Dialysis Dose (Ronco)9. Pathophysiology of ARF (Citeren)10. Radio Contrast Nephropathy (Soman and McCullough)11. The Future of Renal Support: High Flux Dialysis to Bio-artificial Kidneys (Cichonski and Humes)