Renal and Metabolic Disorders

Dr. Kellum is actively involved in education, research and administration. Dr. Kellum's research interests span various aspects of Critical Care Medicine, but center in critical care nephrology, sepsis and multi-organ failure, and clinical epidemiology, including consensus development and research methodology. He has authored more than 250 publications and has won several awards for teaching. He lectures widely and has given more than 300 seminars and invited lectures worldwide related to his research. Jorge Cerdá, MD, FACP, FASN is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Albany Medical College, where he actively participates in the teaching and research program.Dr. Cerda's main research interests have been in the field of Critical Care Nephrology and Chronic Kidney Disease and are focused on acute kidney injury (AKI) post cardiac surgery, continuous renal replacement therapies in AKI, and the epidemiology of AKI. Additionally, he currently participates in research on the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism and in multicentric trials in the treatment of IgA Nephropathy.

• Section A: Renal Disease ; 1 AKI I: the critically ill patient ; 2 Acute kidney injury in Special circumstances ; 3 AKI and Sepsis ; 4 The critically ill patient with CKD ; 5 Principles of fluid management ; 6 Functional hemodynamic monitoring ; 7 Pharmacologic therapy in acute kidney injury ; 8 Drug dosing in kidney disease ; 9 Renal replacement therapy (RRT) indications, timing, and patiient selection ; 10 Choosing a renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury ; 11 Combined kidney-lung failure ; 12 Acute kidney injury in cirrhosis ; 13 Renal disorders in Pregnancy ; 14 Renal disorders in Pediatrics ; 15 Acid-base disorders ; 16 Electrolyte disorders ; 17 Management of the renal transplant patient in the ICU ; Section B: Endocrine & Metabolic Disease ; 18 Diabetes mellitus ; 19 Thyroid conditions in critical care ; 20 Adrenal disease in critical care ; 21 Calcium, bone and mineral disease in the critically ill patient ; 22 Nutrition in the critically ill patient

This is a concise, easy-to-read introduction to a key organ system tied to ICU outcome.