Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children

<p>Foreword.- Preface.- Part I. Acute Kidney Injury.- Evolution of Acute Kidney Injury in the last 2 decades.- Renal function monitoring in a critically sick patient.- Acute Kidney Injury-Definitions and Epidemiology.- Biomarkers in AKI.-&nbsp;Neonatal AKI including new devices.- Sepsis Associated AKI.- Acute Kidney Injury in a child after cardiopulmonary.- Bypass, post cardiac surgery and Cardio-renal Syndromes.- Acute Kidney Injury in stem cell transplant recipients.-&nbsp;Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.- Acute Kidney Injury in liver disease.- Renal emergencies in PICU – electrolyte, acid base and blood pressure issues&nbsp;.- Nutrition in a child with Acute Kidney Injury and on CRRT.- Outcomes and Renal Recovery.- Part II. Renal Replacement Therpay.- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy – Technology and Basic concepts.- 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 – Principles and Management.- Peritoneal Dialysis.- Plasmapheresis and Total plasma exchange in the PICU.- Tandem Therapies in Extracorporeal support.- Pharmacology of drugs in critically ill patient with AKI and renal replacement therapy.- CRRT nursing programme Development.- &nbsp;Future of Paediatric AKI and CRRT.- Part III. CRRT in Specific Disease States.- CRRT in a child in cardiac ICU.- CRRT in a child with sepsis and multi-organ failure.- Hyperammonaemia and Inborn Errors of metabolism (IEM).- CRRT in Exogenous Intoxications&nbsp;.- CRRT in Liver Failure and other liver assist devices.</p><p></p>