AKI is the entire spectrum of disease (mild -> severe), and can be defined as an abrupt (1 to 7 days) and sustained (more than 24 hours) decrease in kidney function. Mortality of critically patients with acute renal failure is high (50%–60%)
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common problem in the critically ill associated with increased morbidity and mortality
AKI can be defined as an abrupt (1 to 7 days) and sustained (more than 24 hours) decrease in kidney function. The ADQI formulated the RIFLE criteria in 2004 to allow for AKI to be objectively and uniformly defined.
Renal Transplant; commonest transplant; anastamosed to common iliac artery and vein in the pelvis. the ureter is plumbed into the bladder; allows ease of access for palpation and biopsy
APACHE = Acute Physiology, Age and Chronic Health Evaluation (I-IV); SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
Scoring systems commonly used in ICU: GCS; TISS; APACHE; SAPS; MPM; POSSUM; EuroSCORE; MELD and SOFA
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Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) is a hypometabolic, immunodepressed state with clinical and biochemical evidence of decreased functioning of the body's organ systems that develops subsequent to an acute injury or illness.
Dosing is different to non-critically ill patients
Different antimicrobials have different kill characteristics, which can be demonstrated on a concentration vs time graph for antibiotic activity
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Reviewed and revised 8 December 2014 OVERVIEW Cognitive Dispositions to Respond (CDRs) or cognitive biases are: “Predictable tendencies, or biases, to react to contextual clues that are largely unconscious and may contribute to flaws in reasoning; a mental state that embraces…
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