Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Therapy Unit

Section I: Definitions and Epidemiology.- 1 Acute Renal Failure in the ITU: The Nephrologist's View.- 2 Epidemiology of Acute Renal Failure in France Today.- 3 Acute Renal Failure and Sepsis: A Microbiologist's View.- 4 Acute Renal Failure at a Crossroads.- 5 Acute Renal Failure in Old Age.- Section II: Some Aspects of Renal Physiology.- 6 Cortical and Juxtamedullary Glomerular Blood Flow After Temporary Ischaemia.- 7 Are Atrial Pressures Involved in the Regulation of Sodium and Water Balance? Studies in Conscious Animals.- Section III: Pathogenesis of Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Therapy Unit.- 8 Endothelial and Mesangial Cell Dysfunction in Acute Renal Failure.- 9 Role of the Medulla in Acute Renal Failure.- 10 Ischaemic Acute Renal Failure in an Intact Animal Model.- 11 Eicosanoids and Acute Renal Failure.- 12 Disturbances in Renal Function Associated with Hepatic Dysfunction.- 13 A Review of Mediators and the Hepatorenal Syndrome.- 14 Drug-Induced Acute Renal Failure.- 15 Nature of Postischaemic Renal Injury Following Aortic or Cardiac Surgery.- 16 Acute Renal Failure in Sepsis.- Section IV: Clinical Features of Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Therapy Unit.- 17 Strategies in Management of Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Therapy Unit.- 18 Acute Renal Failure and Crush Injury.- 19 Renal Function After Open Heart Surgery.- 20 Acute Renal Failure Following Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation.- 21 Bleeding in Acute Renal Failure.- 22 Mechanisms of Uraemic Encephalopathy.- 23 Measuring Severity of Illness.- Section V: Strategies in Management of Acute Renal Failure.- 24 Prophylaxis of Acute Renal Failure in the Intensive Care Unit.- 25 Appropriate Renal Support in the Management of Acute Renal and Respiratory Failure: Does Early Aggressive TreatmentImprove the Outcome?.- 26 The Role of Spontaneous and Pumped Haemofiltration.- 27 Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU: Approaches in Switzerland.- 28 Anticoagulation and Extracorporeal Circuits: The Role of Prostacyclin.- 29 Nutritional Support in Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill.- 30 The Prevention of Severe Combined Acute Respiratory and Renal Failure in the Intensive Therapy Unit.