Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing: Module 4: Acute Kidney Injury

ISBN-10
1940325099
ISBN-13
9781940325095
Series
Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing
Language
English
Published
2015-04-01
Authors
Helen Williams, Caroline Counts

Description

Acute is described on MedicineNet.com as an illness with an abrupt onset that is often of short duration, rapidly progressive, and in need of urgent care. Once the symptoms appear, they can change or worsen swiftly. Synonyms of acute include severe, critical, drastic, dire, dreadful, terrible, awful, grave, bad, serious, desperate, and dangerous. The nurses who work with patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) know these descriptions are accurate. They also know that there is enough information to warrant a separate module devoted to AKI. The work of Helen Williams, who served as the module's editor, is greatly appreciated.This module offers information on managing an acute care program, causes of AKI, and the nutritional needs of the patient. Hemodialysis, water treatment, peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), slow low-efficiency daily dialysis (SLEDD), and therapeutic apheresis are all topics addressed in this module. There is also a new chapter that nurses in the chronic setting will find useful; it addresses the patient who has a ventricular assist device (VAD). More patients with VADs are requiring dialysis, yet there has been little published on this subject.

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