Description
Beyond BASIC Intensive Care Nephrology
Beyond BASIC Intensive Care Nephrology
Intensive Care Nephrology: beyond BASIC is a short course, usually held over 1.5 days, which aims to teach practical aspects of intensive care of patients with renal diseases and renal dysfunction.
What topics are covered?
- Epidemiology & definition of acute kidney injury
- Functional renal anatomy & physiology
- Diuretics & the kidney
- Renal acid-base disturbance
- Acute kidney injury
- Sepsis & acute kidney injury
- Intra-abdominal hypertension, abdominal compartment syndrome & AKI
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Urosepsis
- Nephrolithiasis
- Chronic kidney disease
- Renal replacement therapy: indications & choice of technique
- Principles of extracorporeal renal replacement therapy
- Practical aspects of continuous extracorporeal renal replacement therapy
- Intermittent haemodialysis & hybrid techniques
- Peritoneal dialysis
- Principles of drug dosing in AKI
