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Acute kidney injury : causes, diagnosis, and treatments / Jonathan D. Mendoza, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Nephrology research and clinical developments series.
- Nephrology research and clinical developments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acute renal failure.
- Kidneys--Diseases.
- Kidneys.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical/Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents topical research data in the study of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). This book discusses topics that include classification of AKI; acute renal failure in the newborn; kidney ischemia and reperfusion injury; pandemic H1N1 influenza A infection and AKI; biomarkers in acute kidney injury; and, more.
- Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- How to Define and Classify Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): The "Risk Injury Failure Loss of Kidney Function End-Stage Kidney Disease" (RIFLE) and "Acute Kidney Injury Network" (AKIN) Classifications
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Risk Injury Failure Loss of Kidney Function End-Stage Kidney Disease (RIFLE) Classification
- Validation of the RIFLE Criteria
- Hospitalized Patients
- ICU Patients
- Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Patients Undergoing Aortic Arch Surgery
- Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Surgery
- Chirrotic Patients
- Patients Submitted to Hepatic Transplantation
- Septic Patients
- Burn Patients
- Critically Ill Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients
- Trauma Patients
- Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Strengths and Weaknesses of the RIFLE Classification
- Strengths of the RIFLE Classification
- Weaknesses of the RIFLE Classification
- The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) classification Strengths and Weaknesses of the AKIN Classification
- Strengths of the AKIN Classification
- Weaknesses of the AKIN Classification
- Which Classification Should We Use in Clinical Practice?
- References
- Acute Renal Failure in the Newborn (NB)
- Characteristics of the Kidney in the Newborn
- Acute Renal Impairment in Newborns
- Physiopathology
- Definition of AKI
- Diagnosis of AKI: Clinical and Laboratorial Aspects
- New Biomarkers
- Suggested Intervals for the Control of Renal Function Handling the IRA in the NB
- Prognosis of the NB with AKI
- Conclusion
- Kidney Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury
- Vascular Endothelial Cells
- Tubular Epithelial Cells
- Activation of Kidney Resident Cells and Kidney-Infiltrating Leukocytes
- T-Lymphocytes
- Increased Factors after IRI
- Adhesion Molecules
- Cytokines and Chemokines
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor
- Toll-Like Receptors
- Changes in Renal Tissue after IRI FTY720
- Modulates the Inflammatory Process after IRI (74)
- Long-Term Prognostic Implication of Post-Angiographic Acute Kidney Injury and Hemodynamic Instability
- Post-Angiographic AKI
- Role of Hemodynamics in the Formation of Post-Angiographic AKI
- Lessons from Animal Models
- Role of Hemodynamics in the Incidence of Post-Angiographic AKI
- from the Clinical Points of Views
- Short-Term Prognosis of Post-Angiographic AKI
- Long-Term Prognosis and Post-Angiographic AKI: Role of Hemodynamics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61942-063-5
- OCLC:
- 923653523
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