Autor: R. Bellomo

Internists, surgeons, critical care physicians and nephrologists all treat critically ill patients with renal failure and the multiple system organ dysfunction syndrome. A comprehensive review of the …

Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT) started off as an alternative to hemo- or peritoneal dialysis. Today’s machines and techniques are the result of 4 decades of developments, studies, and …

Fluid overload is often observed in patients with heart failure and secondary oliguric states. A thorough assessment of the fluid status of the patient may help guide the therapy and prevent complica …

Critical care nephrology is an emerging multidisciplinary science in which the competences of different specialists are merged to provide a unified diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the critical …