Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure. Part of the Pittsburgh Critical Care series, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy provides concise, evidence-based, bedside guidance about this treatment modality, offering quick reference answers to clinicians' questions about treatments and situations encountered in daily practice. Organized into sections on theory, practice, special situations, and organizational issues, this volume provides a complete view of CRRT theory and practice. Tables summarize and highlight key points, and key studies and trials are included in each chapter. The second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on the use of biomarkers to aid in patient selection and timing, extensive revisions on terminology and nomenclature to match current standards, and the most up-to-date information on newly developed CRRT machines.

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John A. Kellum is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rinaldo Bellomo is a Professor of Medicine and Director of Intensive Care Research at Melbourne University in Melbourne, Australia. Claudio Ronco is a Professor of Clinical Nephrology and Medicine and Director of the Department of Nephrology at St. Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, Italy.

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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 Cerd? 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 Cerd? 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