Multiple Trauma
Multiple Trauma M. Michele Mariscalco As therapeutic measures for patients with congenital anomalies and serious infections have become increasingly successful, trauma has become the leading cause of death and disability…
Care of Children with Solid-Organ Transplants
Care of Children with Solid-Organ Transplants William F. Balistreri Thomas R. Welch Stephen R. Daniels Isolated attempts at transplanting kidneys were undertaken more than 100 years ago, but the modern…
Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone Arundhati S. Kale Hyponatremia occurring as a result of the release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) that is not attributable to osmolar- or baroreceptor-mediated…
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
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
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
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
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
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
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…
