Main description:

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.

Contents:

Assessment of Renal Function.- Imaging of Acute Renal Failure-A Problem-Solving Approach for Intensive Care Unit Physicians.- Drug-Induced Renal Injury.- Acute Kidney Injury.- Medical Management of Acute Renal Failure.- Acute Renal Failure in the Surgical Patient.- Rhabdomyolysis and Compartment Syndrome.- Multisystem Causes of Acute Renal Failure.- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.- Renal Replacement Therapy.- Technical Aspects of Renal Replacement Therapy.- End-Stage Renal Disease.- Clinical Hyperkalemia and Hypokalemia.- Clinical Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia.- Clinical Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis.