Deep Akash, Goldstein Stuart L. (eds.) Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children

Springer, 2018. — 456 p.This book represents an invaluable resource for professionals for the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children and how to select and deliver the appropriate form of renal replacement therapy (RRT). Experts from all over the globe have come together to share their wide experience in the field of Critical Care Nephrology in children. Paediatric critical care nephrology is a complex and highly specialised field, presenting challenges and management strategies that are often quite distinct from those seen in adult practice. Therefore, it is high time to address all the topics in the field of critical care nephrology in children in a unique book which is the first of its kind. This book covers the basics as well as advances in the field of Critical Care Nephrology. Each chapter is dedicated to practical aspects of a particular topic elucidating various management decision points. Each chapter is also accompanied with algorithms, figures and protocols in tabulated format. Information on how to manage specific conditions are contextualized with relevant background anatomy, physiology and biochemistry and practical examples. At the end of the chapter, there are key learning points. Paediatricians, nephrologists and paediatric intensivists, as well as paediatric critical care and nephrology nurses in all countries will find this book an invaluable reference text.Acute Kidney Injury
The Evolution of Acute Kidney Injury Research Over the Past Two Decades
Renal Function Monitoring in a Critically Sick Patient
Acute Kidney Injury in Children: Definition and Epidemiology
Biomarkers in AKI
Neonatal Critical Care Nephrology
Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Making Progress Against a Lethal Syndrome
Post Cardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury and Cardiorenal Syndromes
Acute Kidney Injury in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Disease
Renal Emergencies in PICU: Electrolyte, Acid Base and Blood Pressure Issues
Nutrition in a Child with Acute Kidney Injury and on CRRT
Outcomes Following Acute Kidney Injury in Children
Renal Replacement Therapy
CRRT: Technology and Basic Concepts
Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children: Timing of Initiation of CRRT
Management Considerations for the Delivery of CRRT in Children
Anticoagulation in CRRT
Haemodialysis
Sustained Low-Efficiency Dialysis (SLED) and Hybrid Therapies in Children
Peritoneal Dialysis in Critically Ill Children
Plasmapheresis and Total Plasma Exchange in the PICU
Tandem Therapies in Extracorporeal Support
CRRT Program Development
The Future of Pediatric CRRT
CRRT in Specific Disease States
CRRT in a Child in Cardiac ICU
CRRT in the Septic Patient
Hyperammonaemia and IEM
CRRT and Extracorporeal Techniques in Exogenous Intoxications
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in Liver Failure and Other Liver Assist Devices