Acute renal failure on the intensive care unit

N. S. Kanagasundaram, E. P. Paganini
2005 Clinical medicine (London)  
A structured approach to diagnosis helps exclude unusual aetiologies Key aspects of non-renal replacement management include treatment of the precipitating condition, optimisation of effective circulating volume, attention to drug dosing, avoidance of nephrotoxins and conservative management of ARF complications Continuous RRT is likely to be the best choice for the most haemodynamically unstable patients, but no renal replacement modality has yet shown superior outcomes compared with others
doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.5-5-435 pmid:16268322 pmcid:PMC4954166 fatcat:tz3itw6m7nazjfbvezxa42esnm