Acute Kidney Injury Part V: Prevention and Conservative Treatment
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General Information
Enrolled trainees 1043
Open 11.11.2022
Available for ESICM members
Student effort 3
Last Updated May 8, 2024
Intended Learning Outcomes
After studying this module on Acute Kidney Injury Part V: Prevention and Conservative Treatment you should be able to:
- Know how to prevent acute kidney injury in clinical practice with special emphasis on the management of hemodynamics and fluid therapy.
- Understand the limitations of drugs in AKI prevention and the potential of care bundles
- Understand how to manage AKI conservatively and apply these principles in clinical practice
Relevant competencies in CoBaTrICE
- 1.1 Adopts a structured and timely approach to the recognition, assessment and stabilisation of the acutely ill patient with disordered physiology
- 1.2 Manages cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 2.1 Obtains a history and performs an accurate clinical examination
- 2.2 Undertakes timely and appropriate investigations
- 2.6 Obtains and interprets the results from blood gas samples
- 2.9 Monitors and responds to trends in physiological variables
- 2.10 Integrates clinical findings with laboratory investigations to form a differential diagnosis
- 3.1 Manages the care of the critically ill patient with specific acute medical conditions
- 3.2 Identifies the implications of chronic and co-morbid disease in the acutely ill patient
- 3.4 Recognises and manages the patient with, or at risk of, acute renal failure
- 3.10 Recognises and manages the patient following intoxication with drugs or environmental toxins
- 4.7 Initiates, manages and weans patients from renal replacement therapy
- 4.8 Recognises and manages electrolyte, glucose and acid-base disturbances
- 7.5 Manages the safe and timely discharge of patients from the ICU
- 11.4 Identifies and minimises risk of critical incidents and adverse events, including complications of critical illness
- 11.6 Critically appraises and applies guidelines, protocols and care bundles
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