Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis: A Practical Handbook

Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis: A Practical Handbook edited by Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Rupesh Raina, Mignon McCulloch, Timothy E. Bunchman.

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 in intensive care. In addition, this quick guide discusses innovations in pedi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sethi, Sidharth Kumar (Editor), Raina, Rupesh (Editor), McCulloch, Mignon (Editor), Bunchman, Timothy E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Nephrology.
Pediatrics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Critically ill child with acute kidney injury
  • Kidney function monitoring in a sick child
  • Acute kidney injury- definitions & epidemiology
  • Acute kidney injury- diagnosis; biomarkers
  • Neonatal AKI
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Acute kidney injury- principles of management
  • Fluid overload in pediatric AKI, and it’s assessment
  • Nutrition in acute kidney injury
  • Pharmacology of a critically ill child and drug dosing
  • Peritoneal dialysis
  • Vascular access
  • Anticoagulation
  • Hemodialysis
  • SLED and hybrid therapies
  • CRRT
  • Plasmapheresis in the PICU
  • Special situations
  • Advances in pediatric RRT- NIDUS, CARPEDIEM, aquadex
  • Acute kidney injury- outcomes.

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