Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (Pittsburgh Critical Care Medicine)

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is the standard of care for management of critically ill patients with acute renal failure.This guide 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 highlight key points, whilst key studies and trials are included in each chapter.The third edition includes a new chapter on net ultrafiltration rate, throughout updated content ensures terminology and nomenclature match current standards, and the most up-to-date information on newly developed CRRT machines.