The Kidney in Sepsis
| Autor: | M. Singer, T. Whitehouse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002 ISBN: 9783540431497 Intensive Care Medicine ISBN: 9781475755534 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-56011-8_73 |
| Popis: | The kidney is, if not the forgotten organ, then perhaps the least investigated in the critically ill patient. However, other than offering the patient the best intensive care management possible, with appropriate maintenance of pressure and flow through judicious use of fluids and vasoactive drug support, there is no specific treatment available to reverse kidney dysfunction [1]. The introduction of biocompatible membranes has made renal replacement therapy (RRT) an easy, safe and routine procedure on most ICUs. Except in cases of deliberate treatment withdrawal, death from acute renal failure is now very rare. Acute renal failure is thus often regarded as a relatively minor, easily supported distraction, compared with the weightier cardiorespiratory problems that preoccupy the intensivist. |
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