Renal Replacement Therapy: Controversies and Future Trends

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach

ICU Protocols: A Step-wise Approach

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

Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis

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

Advances in Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology: Point of Care Ultrasound and Diagnostics

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

Metabolic Disorders and Critically Ill Patients: From Pathophysiology to Treatment

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

Workbook on Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU (ISCCM)

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

Textbook of Cardiorenal Medicine

Textbook of Cardiorenal Medicine

This textbook provides a practical and board-driven resource to describe and define the emerging field of cardiorenal medicine. Covering all aspects of the topic with depth and relevance, this groundbreaking reference brings... read more