ECMO-/ECLS
Height x Weight x 0.007184 Creatinine clearance is a simpler way to determine the GFR compared to inulin clearance but it is sub ...
electrolyte and acid-base homeostasis. In general terms, ARF is manifested clinically as a decline in urine output and a concomi ...
improving. To address this issue, the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group, (a multidisciplinary group working on deve ...
To estimate the stage renal function by RIFLE criteria one should know the baseline creatinine level. This may be difficult when ...
deleterious because it inhibits this compensatory mechanism by dilating the efferent arteriole (thus decreasing ultrafiltration ...
Tubular casts precipitate and “plug” the fine tubular system causing acute tubular obstruction, back-leak into the interstitium, ...
Nephrotoxic drugs (Antibiotics, carbamazepine, NSAID’s, diuretics, ACE inhibitors) Infectious (Bacterial, viral)Glomerulonephrit ...
thorough investigation of previous medical and surgical conditions, presence of hypertension, recent infections and use of medic ...
Fractional excretion of sodium or FENa refers to the fraction of filtrated sodium that is excreted by the kidney. In pre-renal f ...
increase, instead of a decrease, has been observed during the first week of life. It is not until an adjusted conceptional age o ...
challenges are better guided by hemodynamic parameters obtained by CVC. In general, crystalloid solutions are preferred over col ...
vasodilator effects. There is little and inconsistent data supporting the use dopamine in infants and children. [31] A recent me ...
Cardiac excitability secondary to hyperkalemia with evidence of EKG abnormalities should be treated with IV calcium gluconate at ...
Hemodialysis Hemodialysis (HD) is a form of RRT that involves the removal of undesired solutes from the blood after it is passed ...
fall in this category. b. Medium size molecules. 500-5000 Daltons c. Large molecules. 5000-50000 Daltons. Include proteins and c ...
These are the most commonly used forms of CRRT: (indicate what conditions use what) CUF (continuous ultrafiltration), removes o ...
CRRT Circuit (Fig 3) Central double-lumen veno-venous hemodialysis catheter Extracorporeal circuit and filter (dialyzer) Blood ...
(to promote ultrafiltration), increasing the dialysate pressure could reduce the filtration rate in desired circumstances Blood ...
patients with associated liver impairment. Furthermore, due to its vasodilator properties and non-physiologic pH, lactate could ...
Circuit pressure Pressure detectors are placed in both the arterial and venous side of the circuit to regulate transmembrane pre ...
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