A workshop was organised in order to achieve multi-discipli-nary review of the pathogenesis
and management of acute failure, particularly as it occurs and is managed in intensive …

Since the clinical apphcation of continuous hemofihration techniques to the management of
acute renal failure in critical illness, there has been persistent controversy as to which …

Physicians who regularly work in (or even just pass through) the modern Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) can hardly fail to appreciate the increasing complexity of the treatment available for the …

Acute renal failure (ARF) in the critical care setting is defined as the abrupt decline in
glomerular filtration rate (GFR) resulting from ischemic or toxic injury to the kidney. ARF is …

Crucial for the management of acute renal failure is the differentiation in a prerenal, renal
and postrenal form. Prerenal acute renal failure, ie, hypovolemia, and postrenal acute renal …

The management of acute renal failure (ARF) is perhaps one of the most exciting and
satisfying aspects of modern medicine. The fact that acute renal failure may follow …

Acute potentially reversible renal failure (1, 2) can appear in patients in any branch of
medicine, from the psychiatrically ill to women during and after pregnancy; thus it is a …

Acute renal failure (ARF) may be defined as an abrupt decrease in previously stable renal
function sufficient to result in retention of nitrogenous waste, eg blood urea nitrogen (BUN) …

The mortality of acute renal failure (ARF) occurring in the intensive care unit (ICU) is high.
Such patients usually have ARF as part of the syndrome of multiple organ failure (MOF) …

Acute Renal Failure in Practice, edited by practising renal physicians, is the essential guide
to the clinical management of patients with acute renal failure and its complex, life …