Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Rita D. Sheth The hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), first described in 1955, is characterized by the triad of nephropathy, thrombocytopenia, and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. HUS is a heterogeneous group…
Acute Renal Failure M. Michele Mariscalco Acute renal failure (ARF) is defined as an abrupt decline in the renal regulation of water, electrolytes, and acid-base balance of a magnitude sufficient…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome M. Michele Mariscalco Acute lung injury (ALI) is a syndrome of lung inflammation and increased vascular permeability. It is associated with clinical, radiologic, and physiologic abnormalities…
Acute Hepatic Failure Penelope Terhune Louis Acute hepatic failure is a clinical syndrome that occurs within weeks to a few months of the onset of liver disease in patients in…
Continuous Drip Feeding Fernando Stein Continuous drip feeding is used in those patients who cannot tolerate boluses of food or in those patients in whom the presence of a large…
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Stuart L. Goldstein When acute renal failure occurs in critically ill patients, severe cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic instability may contraindicate standard intermittent dialysis techniques. In such…
Acute Hemodialysis Stuart L. Goldstein Hemodialysis is a treatment used to augment or replace renal excretory function. Most water-soluble substances that are not protein- or tissue-bound in the extracellular fluid…
Acute Peritoneal Dialysis Eileen D. Brewer Arundhati S. Kale Peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy has been used for decades to treat acute and chronic renal failure in children because it is…
Abdominal Paracentesis Eileen D. Brewer Abdominal paracentesis is a useful procedure to obtain diagnostic information for evaluation of ascites, peritonitis, and intraperitoneal hemorrhage or to initiate therapeutic interventions, such as…
