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Acute Kidney Injury Part V: Prevention and Conservative Treatment
ACE
Acute Kidney Injury
Summary
Patient management of AKI requires accurate history-taking, careful physical examination and meticulous monitoring of volume balance as well as management of the unique set of metabolic derangements that, if untreated, will result in death.
General Information
Enrolled trainees 961
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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