Designed specifically for nephrologists and trainees practicing in the ICU, Handbook of Critical Care Nephrology is a portable critical care reference with a unique and practical nephrology focus. Full-color illustrations, numerous algorithms, and intuitively arranged contents make this manual a must-have resource for nephrology in today’s ICU.
Covers all essential topics related to nephrology in the ICU, including ICU monitoring, drugs and blood products, imaging, acute kidney injury, electrolytes and acid-base disorders, poisonings and intoxications, extracorporeal therapies, organ transplantation, and ethics and palliative care.
Provides valuable information on specific conditions including sepsis, obstetrics, abdominal compartment syndrome, AKI in burns and trauma, gastrointestinal bleeding, neurological emergencies, environmental topics such as hemorrhagic fever and terrorism, hematologic/oncologic emergencies, and more.
Includes easy-to-understand visual abstracts of key studies.
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Author(s): Jay L. Koyner, Edgar Lerma, Joel Topf
Edition: 1
Publisher: LWW Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: CONVERTED PDF
Tags: Nephrology; Critical Care Medicine
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contributing Authors
Foreword
Preface
Contents
I. Critical Care and Intensive Care Unit Monitoring
1 Hemodynamic Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
2 Overview of the Management of Shock
3 Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
4 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
II. Acute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit
5 Definitions and Etiologies of Acute Kidney Injury
6 Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury
7 Acute Kidney Injury and Non–Acute Kidney Injury Risk Scores in the Intensive Care Unit
8 Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury
9 Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury
III. Drugs and Blood Products in the Intensive Care Unit Setting
10 Resuscitation Fluids: Which One, How Much, and How to Assess
11 Transfusion Medicine in the Intensive Care Unit
12 Diuretics and Acute Kidney Injury
13 Vasoactive Medications
14 Anticoagulants in the Intensive Care Unit
15 The Metabolic Management and Nutrition of Acute Kidney Injury
IV. Special Labs
16 Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury
17 Biomarkers of Critical Illness
V. Imaging in the Intensive Care Unit
18 Ultrasound Imaging in the Intensive Care Unit
VI. Electrolytes and Acid-Base Disorders
19 Sodium Homeostasis and Hyponatremia in the Intensive Care Unit
20 Hypernatremia in the Intensive Care Unit
21 Dyskalemias in the Intensive Care Unit
22 Calcium Management in the Intensive Care Unit
23 Phosphorus Management in the Intensive Care Unit
24 Magnesium Management in the Intensive Care Unit
25 Acid-Base Management in the Intensive Care Unit
VII. Poisonings and Intoxications
26 Drug Dosing in Acute Kidney Injury
27 Drugs and Antidotes
28 Extracorporeal Therapy for Poisonings and Intoxications
VIII. Extracorporeal Therapies
29 Vascular Access for Kidney Replacement Therapy
30 Dosing of Kidney Replacement Therapy
31 Timing of Kidney Replacement Therapy
32 Modality Selection of Kidney Replacement Therapy
33 Anticoagulation and Kidney Replacement Therapy
34 Blood Purification in the Intensive Care Unit
35 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Intensive Care Unit
IX. Specific Conditions
36 Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
37 Diabetic Ketoacidosis
38 Obstetric Acute Kidney Injury
39 Postcardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury
40 Cardiorenal Syndrome
41 Left Ventricular Assist Devices in the Intensive Care Unit
42 Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Disease
43 Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
44 Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
45 Hypertensive Emergency
46 Acute Kidney Injury in Burns Patients
47 Trauma-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
48 Neurologic Emergencies in the Intensive Care Unit
49 Rhabdomyolysis
50 Onconephrology Emergencies
51 Caring for Patients After Acute Kidney Injury
X. Organ Transplantation
52 Perioperative Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients
53 Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Kidney Transplants
54 Infectious Complications in Patients with Kidney Transplant
55 Care for the Brain-Dead Organ Donor
XI. Ethics/Palliative Care
56 Shared Decision-Making/Time-Limited Trials of Kidney Replacement Therapy
Index
