Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy [Paperback]

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care series,Continuous Renal Replacement Therapyprovides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance about this treatment modality, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice. Organized into sections on theory, practice, special situations, and organizational issues, this volume provides a complete view of CRRT theory and practice. Tables summarize and highlight key points, and key studies and trials are included in each chapter. The second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on the use of biomarkers to aid in patient selection and timing, extensive revisions on terminology and nomenclature to match current standards, and the most up-to-date information on newly developed CRRT machines.

Part 1: Theory

Chapter 1
The Critically Ill Patient with Acute Kidney Injury
Aditya Uppalapati and John A. Kellum

Chapter 2
History and Rationale for CRRT
Ilona Bobek and Claudio Ronco

Chapter 3
Nomenclature for Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
Mauro Neri, Jorge Cerda, Francesco Garzotto, Gianluca Villa, and Claudio Ronco

Chapter 4
Basic Principles of Solute Transport
Zhongping Huang, Jeffrey J. Letteri, Claudio Ronco, and William R. Clark

Chapter 5
Principles of Fluid Management in the ICU
Rinaldo Bellomo and Sean M. Bagshaw


Chapter 6
Indications, Timing, and Patient Selection
John A. Kellum, Raghavan Murugan, and Mitra Nadim

Chapter 7
Biomarkers for Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy
Alexander Zarbock and Lakhmir S. Chawla

Chapter 8
Extended Indications
Rinaldo Bellomo and Ian Baldwin

Chapter 9
Dose Adequacy and Assessment
Zaccaria Ricci and Claudio Ronco