Designed specifically for nephrologists and trainees practicing in the ICU, Handbook of Critical Care Nephrology is a portable critical care reference with a unique and practical nephrology focus. Full-color illustrations, numerous algorithms, and intuitively arranged contents make this manual a must-have resource for nephrology in today's ICU. Covers all essential topics related to nephrology in the ICU, including ICU monitoring, drugs and blood products, imaging, acute kidney injury, electrolytes and acid-base disorders, poisonings and intoxications, extracorporeal therapies, organ transplantation, and ethics and palliative care. Provides valuable information on specific conditions including sepsis, obstetrics, abdominal compartment syndrome, AKI in burns and trauma, gastrointestinal bleeding, neurological emergencies, environmental topics such as hemorrhagic fever and terrorism, hematologic/oncologic emergencies, and more. Includes easy-to-understand visual abstracts of key studies. Enrich Your Ebook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s), such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.

Concise, readable, and well-illustrated, Handbook of Glomerulonephritis is a convenient, one-stop resource for physicians, residents and fellows, advanced practice professionals, and nurses who are involved with the care of patients with glomerular diseases. Drs. Patrick H. Nachman, Michelle Rheault, and Edgar V. Lerma, along with a team of internationally renowned glomerulonephritis experts, provide practical guidance on both adult and pediatric glomerular diseases, across the spectrum of clinical presentations and pathogenic mechanisms.    

Improve your patients' quality of life with evidence-based, practical guidance on every aspect of today's dialysis. For more than 20 years, Henrich's Principles and Practice of Dialysis has been the go-to resource for comprehensive, accessible information on the challenges of managing the wide variety of patients who receive dialysis. This Fifth Edition brings you fully up to date with new chapters, a new eBook edition, two new editors and new contributors who offer practical experience and a fresh perspective. Clearly written and unique in scope, it helps you meet the growing demand for this procedure by providing a solid foundation in both basic science and clinical application. Key Features: All chapters are fully updated and offer unparalleled coverage of the changing nature of modern dialysis practice. A new chapter on pregnancy and dialysis addresses the unique needs of this special patient population. A new chapter on cystic kidney disease and ESRD provides the latest information on complications that can lead to kidney failure. Other new chapters include home hemodialysis, the wearable artificial kidney, and respiratory disorders in dialysis patients. Sections cover technical and procedural considerations in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, clinical considerations in the evaluation of dialysis patients, drugs and intoxications, dialysis in the pediatric population, and the business of dialysis. Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, which can be downloaded to your tablet and smartphone or accessed online and includes features like: Complete content with enhanced navigation Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

La interseccion entre la unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) y la nefrologia tiene decadas de antiguedad. Aunque el papel del nefrologo en la UCI se ha transformado en los ultimos 50 anos, esta claro que los pacientes de la UCI son cada vez mas complejos y que el nefrologo moderno necesita comprender el impacto de los cuidados criticos del rinon, asi como actualizarse sobre cualquier avance que beneficie a los pacientes en estado critico. Con este telon de fondo, los prestigiados doctores Jay L. Koyner, Edgar V. Lerma y Joel M. Topf han creado la primera edicion del Manual de cuidados intensivos en nefrologia. Disenado especificamente para nefrologos e internos que ejercen en la UCI, este manual es una referencia portatil de cuidados criticos con un unico y practico enfoque de la nefrologia. Las ilustraciones a todo color, los numerosos algoritmos y un contenido ordenado de forma intuitiva hacen de esta obra un recurso imprescindible para nefrologia en la UCI actual. Este completo manual incluye mas de 50 capitulos que cubren una amplia gama de temas de cuidados intensivos en nefrologia. Cada capitulo esta escrito por un experto de primera linea en la materia, lo que garantiza una adquisicion practica e inmediata de la informacion fundamental por parte del lector.