Renal Intensive Care

Trials and guidelines in critical care nephrology
Renal Failure
Causes of renal failure
An approach to the assessment of oligoanuria
Biochemical indices in diagnosis of pre-renal failure
Biomarkers in assessment of acute kidney injury
Uraemia; its causes and consequences
Influence of chronic renal failure on critical illness
Risk and prevention of acute renal failure in critical illness
Prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy
Rhabdomyolysis
Frusemide in critical care
Classification of Acute Kidney Injury
The RIFLE classification system
The AKIN classification system
The KDIGO classification system
A comparison of classification systems for acute kidney injury
Renal replacement therapy
Definitions of CRRT terminology
A comparison of renal replacement therapy modalities
Pre-dilution and post-dilution replacement fluid
Haemoperfusion: mechanisms, indications, and complications
CVVHD circuit diagram
CVVHF circuit diagram
CVVHDF circuit diagram
SLED: advantages and disadvantages
Practical Aspects of Dialysis
Indications for dialysis in the ICU
Complications of dialysis in the ICU
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome
Drug dosing in dialysis
Strategies to prolong the lifespan of the CRRT circuit
Citrate anticoagulation of the CRRT circuit
Citrate toxicity due to citrate anticoagulation
Troubleshooting the dialysis circuit
Strategies to optimise solute clearance
Peritoneal dialysis in the ICU
Dialysis adjustment for hyponatremia
Dialysis options for the patient with impossible vascular access
Evidence-based use of CRRT in the ICU
Evidence regarding the optimal dose of dialysis
Evidence against the use of high-volume haemofiltration
Timing of renal replacement therapy

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