Critical care nephrology is an emerging multidisciplinary science in which the competences of different specialists are merged to provide a unified...
Fluid overload is often observed in patients with heart failure and secondary oliguric states. A thorough assessment of the fluid status of the...
Acute organ damage and the ensuing multiple organ failure are the result of a pathophysiological process involving various cytokines. Once activated...
The presence of endotoxin in the bloodstream is the consequence of an immunological response triggered by bacterial invasion of the host. This...
Hemodiafiltration (HDF) for the treatment of end-stage renal disease patients is predominantly performed in European countries and in Japan, with some...
This book contains notable contributions from the well-known Vicenza course on hemodialysis and miniaturized wearable devices for renal replacement...
Dialyzers today are developed with high permeability and biocompatibility in mind, even though the definition of these so-called high-flux dialyzers...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious and as yet incompletely understood disorder in which sudden impairment of kidney function occurs secondary to...
On-line HDF represents a major technical development in the delivery of hemodialysis therapy: It combines the properties of increased diffusion...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem worldwide, with currently over 150 million HCV-infected people on the five continents...