Objectives This chapter will: 1. Describe nonanticoagulant measures to promote circuit patency. 2. Identify the ideal anticoagulant for continuous renal replacement therapy. 3. Describe the advantages and risks of the most commonly used anticoagulant strategies. 4. Provide basic recommendations for…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Review central venous catheter as the vascular access standard reference for renal replacement therapy in acute kidney failure (stage 3 acute kidney injury). 2. Describe the two main categories of central venous catheters: short-term or…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Review the principles of continuous renal replacement therapy. 2. Discuss the practical application of continuous renal replacement therapy and the consequences of such application. 3. Examine the consequences of technical modifications to continuous renal replacement…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Describe the basic mechanisms of fluid transport and solute removal (ultrafiltration, diffusion, convection, and adsorption) and the factors influencing these processes in continuous renal replacement therapy. 2. Describe the manner in which the basic principles…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Discuss the definitions of early versus delayed initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy. 2. Discuss the rationale of early versus delayed initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy. 3. Present the evidence for the timing of…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Explain and describe the main clinical indications for starting continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). 2. Consider renal and nonrenal indications of CRRT. 3. Provide theoretical support for the early application of CRRT to control fluid…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Discuss and suggest suitable nursing lectures, tutorials, and a practical pathway for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) nursing knowledge and competency. 2. Describe the suitable items and content for policy and documents used to manage…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Briefly describe desensitization protocols used in ABO incompatible renal transplantation. 2. Describe the extracorporeal technique used to remove circulating antibodies against A and B antigens. 3. Describe the characteristics of cascade filtration. Barrier of ABO…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Review the techniques of plasmapheresis. 2. Review the indications and evidence for plasmapheresis and therapeutic plasma exchange in critical illness. Extracorporeal blood purification by plasmapheresis has been more streamlined and gained more interest by intensivists…
Objectives This chapter will: 1. Define and give the rationale for hybrid renal replacement therapy. 2. Discuss the technical requirements of hybrid renal replacement therapy. 3. Explain the versatility and flexibility of hybrid renal replacement therapy prescription and provision. 4.…