Part 1: Theory
Chapter 1
The Critically Ill Patient with Acute Kidney Injury
Aditya Uppalapati and John A. Kellum
Chapter 2
History and Rationale for CRRT
Ilona Bobek and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 3
Nomenclature for Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
Mauro Neri, Jorge Cerda, Francesco Garzotto, Gianluca Villa, and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 4
Basic Principles of Solute Transport
Zhongping Huang, Jeffrey J. Letteri, Claudio Ronco, and William R. Clark
Chapter 5
Principles of Fluid Management in the ICU
Rinaldo Bellomo and Sean M. Bagshaw
Chapter 6
Indications, Timing, and Patient Selection
John A. Kellum, Raghavan Murugan, and Mitra Nadim
Chapter 7
Biomarkers for Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy
Alexander Zarbock and Lakhmir S. Chawla
Chapter 8
Extended Indications
Rinaldo Bellomo and Ian Baldwin
Chapter 9
Dose Adequacy and Assessment
Zaccaria Ricci and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 10
Acid-base and Electrolyte Disorders
John A. Kellum
Part 2: Practice
Chapter 11
Choosing a Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
Jorge Cerda and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 12
Vascular Access for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Alexander Zarbock and Kai Singbart
Chapter 13
The Circuit and the Prescription
Rinaldo Bellomo and Ian Baldwin
Chapter 14
The Membrane: Size and Material
Zhongping Huang, Jeffrey J. Letteri, Claudio Ronco, and William R. Clark
Chapter 15
Fluids for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Paul M. Palevsky and John A. Kellum
Chapter 16
Alarms and Troubleshooting
Zaccaria Ricci, Ian Baldwin, and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 17
Non Anticoagulation Strategies to Optimise Circuit Function in RRT
Ian Baldwin
Chapter 18
Anticoagulation
Rinaldo Bellomo and Ian Baldwin
Chapter 19
Regional Citrate Anticoagulation
Nigel Fealy
Chapter 20
Drug Dosing in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Adrian Wong, Sandra L. Kane-Gill, and John A. Kellum
Part 3: Special Situations
Chapter 21
Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
Michael L. Moritz
Chapter 22
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Critical Care Medicine
Joseph E. Kiss
Chapter 23
MARS: Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System
Nigel Fealy and Rinaldo Bellomo
Chapter 24
Sorbents
Dehua Gong and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 25
Hybrid Therapies
Dinna N. Cruz and Claudio Ronco
Part 4: Organizational Issues
Chapter 26
The ICU Environment
Ayan Sen
Chapter 27
Patient Care Quality and Teamwork
Kimberly Whiteman and Frederick J. Tasota
Chapter 28
Organizational Aspects: Developing Policies and Procedures for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies (CRRT)
Jorge Cerda
Chapter 29
Documentation, Billing, and Reimbursement for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Kevin W. Finkel
Chapter 30
Machines for CRRT
Lakhmir S. Chawla and Claudio Ronco
Chapter 31
Quality Improvement for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies
Ian Baldwin and Rinaldo Bellomo
Chapter 32
Educational Resources
Ian Baldwin and Kimberly Whiteman
