Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients: practical applications [PDF]
This article reports the conclusions of the second part of a consensus expert conference on the nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunction syndromes in ...
Bagshaw, S. M.+66 more
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In vitro Removal of Therapeutic Drugs with a Novel Adsorbent System [PDF]
Background/Aim: Substances in the middle molecular weight range have been shown to play a significant pathogenetic role in as diverse disorders as end-stage renal disease and multiple organ failure.
Bellomo, Rinaldo+10 more
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Management of hyperkalemia in the acutely ill patient. [PDF]
PURPOSE:To review the mechanisms of action, expected efficacy and side effects of strategies to control hyperkalemia in acutely ill patients. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for relevant papers published in English between Jan 1, 1938, and July 1,
Dépret, François+5 more
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Mortality of Patients with Hematological Malignancy after Admission to the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
Background: The admission of patients with malignancies to an intensive care unit (ICU) still remains a matter of substantial controversy. The identification of factors that potentially influence the patient outcome can help ICU professionals make ...
Alexander Mück+21 more
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Estimated glomerular filtration rate correlates poorly with four-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. [PDF]
Introduction. RIFLE and AKIN provide a standardised classification of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their categorical rather than continuous nature restricts their use to a research tool. A more accurate real-time description of renal function in AKI is
Kirwan, CJ, Macphee, IA, Philips, BJ
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Interventions for improving health literacy in people with chronic kidney disease [PDF]
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: This review aims to look at the benefits and harms of interventions for improving health literacy in patients with ...
Campbell, Katrina L.+6 more
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Dietary patterns for adults with chronic kidney disease [PDF]
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: This review will evaluate the benefits and harms of dietary patterns among adults with CKD (any stage including people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treated
Campbell, Katrina Louise+8 more
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Pain-related Somato Sensory Evoked Potentials: A potential new tool to improve the prognostic prediction of coma after cardiac arrest [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Early prediction of a good outcome in comatose patients after cardiac arrest still remains an unsolved problem. The main aim of the present study was to examine the accuracy of middle-latency SSEP triggered by a painful electrical ...
Aric\uf2, Maria+9 more
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Individualized drug dosage in patients treated with continuous hemofiltration [PDF]
Individualized drug dosage in patients treated with continuous hemofiltration.BackgroundSubtherapeutic drug dosing may be even more dangerous than overdosage, especially for intensive care patients requiring hemofiltration.ProposalAccording to Dettli's ...
Böhler, Joachim+4 more
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Multiscale Biofluidic and Nanobiotechnology Approaches for Treating Sepsis in Extracorporeal Circuits [PDF]
Infectious diseases and their pandemics periodically attract public interests due to difficulty in treating the patients and the consequent high mortality.
Kang, Joo H.
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