Tag: nephrology
Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (MV-TEER) in Patients with Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Improves Hemodynamics, Enhances Renal Function, and Optimizes Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Renal Insufficiency
Secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common valvular heart disease burdening the prognosis of patients with co-existing chronic heart failure. Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (MV-TEER) is a minimally... read more
ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach, Vol I
The second edition of this highly successful book includes up-to-date notes on the step-wise management of clinical emergencies encountered in everyday intensive care units (ICU). Each thoroughly revised chapter provides... read more
Practical Issues in Anesthesia and Intensive Care
The contents of this book are a selection taken from materials that have been developed during the preparation of continuing education courses (distance learning), whose scientific advisor is the volume editor, Professor... read more
Advances in Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology: Point of Care Ultrasound and Diagnostics
The book covers advances in critical care pediatric nephrology, including care of sick children with acute kidney injury. The book contains detailed guidance on point of care ultrasound in children with acute kidney injury... read more
Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
Pediatric critical care nephrology is a complex and highly specialized field, presenting challenges and management strategies that are often quite distinct from those seen in adult practice. Therefore, it is high time... read more
Factors Affecting the Duration of Hospitalization in Urology and Nephrology Patients in the ICU
Factors affecting ICU stay length in Urology and Nephrology patients who required close monitoring and specialized medical staff were investigated. The study found a positive association between prolonged ICU stays and elevated... read more
Workbook on Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU (ISCCM)
This workbook focuses on renal replacement therapy in ICU. The incidence of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients is increasing steeply. Acute kidney injury in this setting is associated with high morbidity and mortality.... read more
Renal Replacement Therapy: Controversies and Future Trends
Controversies and trends have always been present in nephrology. Since its inception and throughout its development, renal replacement therapy has been shrouded in uncertainty, even as it advances, and it has always been... read more
The Ketamine Drive-Through
Patients who present with unexplained urinary tract symptoms or laboratory abnormalities on tests for liver injury should be asked about exposure to ketamine. Patients who chronically use ketamine should also be screened... read more
Intensive Care in Nephrology
The field of intensive care in nephrology is a rapidly evolving one, with research starting to translate into clinical guidelines and standards. Encompassing core subjects in critical care and nephrology, as well as specific... read more
Higher Protein Dosing in Critically Ill Patients with High Nutritional Risk
Delivery of higher doses of protein to mechanically ventilated critically ill patients did not improve the time-to-discharge-alive from hospital and might have worsened outcomes for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI)... read more
The developing kidney: Perinatal aspects and relevance throughout life
Human perinatal nephrology is a very diverse field in medicine, shared—among others—between obstetricians, neonatologists and nephrologists. Extremely low birth weight infants, babies with growth restriction, and specific... read more
The Ongoing Saga of Normal Saline vs. Balanced Fluids
I have discussed the ongoing battle between normal saline and ‘balanced fluids’ many times in the past. First, there was the SPLIT trial, a double blind cluster RCT of 2200 ICU patients that showed no difference between... read more
Prolonged Blood Storage and Risk of Posttransfusion AKI
In a population of patients without severely impaired baseline renal function receiving fewer than 10 erythrocyte units, duration of blood storage had no effect on the incidence of posttransfusion acute kidney injury (AKI). The... read more
Renal Failure and Replacement Therapies
Increased recognition of the overlap between critical care and renal medicine, and recent advances in the understanding of acute renal failure (ARF) and the application of renal replacement therapies (RRTs), have brought... read more
Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis
This book covers all key aspects of critical care in pediatric nephrology, including acute dialysis in sick children. It also provides detailed protocols for managing fluid and electrolyte balance and dialysis in children... read more
Metabolic Disorders and Critically Ill Patients: From Pathophysiology to Treatment
Cellular metabolic abnormalities are responsible for systems and organ failures, so the modern approach of organ dysfunctions now includes prevention or treatment of such disorders. This book is a comprehensive tool, allowing... read more
