Acute Renal Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment

Acute Renal Failure: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment
ISBN-10
1461328411
ISBN-13
9781461328414
Category
Medical
Pages
520
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
V.E. Andreucci

Description

Acute renal failure is undoubtedly one of the marize in one volume the recent advances on patho most interesting and frequent syndromes observed physiology of acute renal failure, the clinical aspects by clinicians. A great number of factors may of the various forms (even those which have been acutely impair renal function, but the pathoge disregarded in other surveys), the diagnostic tests netic mechanism by which this occurs is fre available today in our clinical practice, the general quently unknown. Even the pathophysiology of and specific therapeutic measures and (very impor ischaemic!toxic forms of acute renal failure re tant, indeed), some useful suggestions for preven mains controversial despite the huge number of tion. experimental and clinical studies. The contributors have provided clear, complete Medical management of patients with acute renal and up-to-date chapters. I am deeply grateful to failure has greatly improved in recent years, partic them all. ularly with the use of different types of dialytic I like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. A.J.

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