CORE CONCEPTS IN ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY

1. Epidemiology, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury
2. Definition and Classification of Acute Kidney Injury
3. Diagnostic Approach: Differential Diagnosis, Physical Exam, Lab Tests, Imaging, and Novel Biomarkers
4. Overview of Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury: Human Evidence, Mechanisms, Pathological Correlations and Biomarkers and Animal Models
5. Tubular Physiology in Acute Kidney Injury: Cell Signalling, Injury and Inflammation
6. Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
7. Acute Kidney Injury and Liver Disease: Incidence, Pathophysiology, Prevention/Treatment, and Outcomes
8. Acute Kidney Injury and Cancer: Incidence, Pathophysiology, Prevention/Treatment, and Outcomes
9. Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
10. Sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
11. Acute Kidney Failure and Minimal Change Disease
12. Core Concepts: Post-cardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury
13. Rare and Overlooked Causes of Acute Kidney Injury
14. Acute Kidney Injury in the Tropics: Epidemiology, Presentation, Etiology, Specific Diseases, and Treatment
15. Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Treatment
16. Post-renal Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Presentation, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
17. Cardiorenal Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Presentation, Causes, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
18. Perioperative (Non-cardiac) Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Treatment
19. Non-dialytic Management of Acute Kidney Injury
20. Diuretics in Acute Kidney Injury
21. Emerging Therapies: What’s on the Horizon?
22. Dialytic Therapy of Acute Kidney Injury
23. Drug Dosing in Acute Kidney Injury

This comprehensive guide covers the causes, characteristics, and presentations of acute kidney injury (AKI), as well as prevention and treatment. The first part of the book features chapters on the epidemiology and diagnosis of AKI. This is followed by sections on pathophysiology, clinical syndromes and patient management. Authored by leading clinicians, epidemiologists, basic scientists, and clinical trialists, this book captures the latest evidence and best practices for treating patients with AKI.

Features
• Covers the causes, characteristics, and presentations of acute kidney injury (AKI)
• Captures the latest evidence and best practices for treating patients with AKI
• Authored by leading clinicians, epidemiologists, basic scientists, and clinical trialists

Authors
• Ajay K. Singh, MB, MRCP, MBA, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
• Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
• Patrick Murray, MDDean of Medicine & Head of SchoolUniversity College Dublin School of Medicine & Medical ScienceDublin, Ireland