DESCRIPTION:
This comprehensive book combines a review of the basic physiology and pathophysiology of each renal disorder and disease entity with state-of-the-art medical management guidelines based on evidence and expert opinion. Each chapter focuses on the unique and frequently challenging circumstances in pediatric patients, which are oftentimes very different from those in adult patients. Starting with a logical approach to each individual problem as seen in the ICU, it covers the pathophysiology of the child, the diagnostic approach and gives valuable up-to-date treatment recommendations. Health-care providers in all areas of care and all levels of training will find this unique book helpful. Those new in the field can use it as a beginnera (TM)s guide to become familiar with certain topics and those more advanced in their medical career will gain useful hints and find updated information on specific clinical disease entities.
CONTENTS:
1 Disorders of Salt and Water Balance
2 Disorders of the Acid-Base Status
3 Dyskalemias
4 Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate Regulation
5 Abnormalities in Magnesium Metabolism
6 Acute Kidney Injury: General Aspects
7 Pharmacotherapy in the Critically Ill Child with Acute Kidney Injury
8 Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU
9 Nutrition for the Critically Ill Pediatric Patient with Renal Dysfunction
10 Tools for the Diagnosis of Renal Disease
11 Urosepsis
12 Hypertension in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
13 Acute Glomerulonephritis
14 Acute Interstitial Nephritis
15 The Tumor Lysis Syndrome: An Oncologic and Metabolic Emergency
16 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
17 Vasculitis
18 Renal Issues in Organ Transplant Recipients in the PICU
19 Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass
20 Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
21 Intoxications
