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Core Concepts in Acute Kidney Injury

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Editors:
  1. Sushrut S. Waikar

    1. Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  2. Patrick T. Murray

    1. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  3. Ajay K. Singh

    1. Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • 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

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Epidemiology and Diagnosis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Epidemiology, Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury

      • Marlies Ostermann
      Pages 3-11

    3. Definition and Classification of Acute Kidney Injury

      • Kelly V. Liang, Paul M. Palevsky
      Pages 13-22

    4. Diagnostic Approach: Differential Diagnosis, Physical Exam, Lab Tests, Imaging, and Novel Biomarkers

      • Aparna Sharma, Jay L. Koyner
      Pages 23-42

  3. Pathophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Overview of Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury: Human Evidence, Mechanisms, Pathological Correlations and Biomarkers and Animal Models

      • Timothy J. Pianta, Glenda C. Gobe, Evan P. Owens, Zoltan H. Endre
      Pages 45-67

    3. Tubular Physiology in Acute Kidney Injury: Cell Signalling, Injury and Inflammation

      • David A. Ferenbach, Eoin D. O’Sullivan, Joseph V. Bonventre
      Pages 69-91

  4. Clinical Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

      • Steven D. Weisbord
      Pages 95-112

    3. Acute Kidney Injury and Liver Disease: Incidence, Pathophysiology, Prevention/Treatment, and Outcomes

      • Justin M. Belcher, Chirag R. Parikh
      Pages 113-131

    4. Acute Kidney Injury and Cancer: Incidence, Pathophysiology, Prevention/Treatment, and Outcomes

      • Colm C. Magee
      Pages 133-143

    5. Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

      • Randy L. Luciano, Mark A. Perazella
      Pages 145-163

    6. Sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

      • Rashid Alobaidi, Sean M. Bagshaw
      Pages 165-180

    7. Acute Kidney Failure and Minimal Change Disease

      • Alain Meyrier, Patrick Niaudet
      Pages 181-193

    8. Core Concepts: Post-cardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury

      • Jason B. O’Neal, Frederic T. Billings IV, Andrew D. Shaw
      Pages 195-202

    9. Rare and Overlooked Causes of Acute Kidney Injury

      • José A. Morfín, Shruti Gupta
      Pages 203-219

    10. Acute Kidney Injury in the Tropics: Epidemiology, Presentation, Etiology, Specific Diseases, and Treatment

      • Sreejith Parameswaran, Vivekanand Jha
      Pages 221-235

    11. Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Treatment

      • Elizabeth A. K. Hunt, Michael A. Ferguson
      Pages 237-246

    12. Post-renal Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology, Presentation, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

      • Valary T. Raup, Steven L. Chang, Jairam R. Eswara
      Pages 247-256
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Sushrut S. Waikar, Ajay K. Singh

  • University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Patrick T. Murray

About the editors

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, MD
Dean of Medicine & Head of School
University College Dublin School of Medicine & Medical Science
Dublin, Ireland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Core Concepts in Acute Kidney Injury

  • Editors: Sushrut S. Waikar, Patrick T. Murray, Ajay K. Singh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8628-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8626-2Published: 15 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-9346-8Published: 10 December 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-8628-6Published: 14 September 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 373

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Nephrology

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