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Intensive Medicine — Renal, Hydroelectrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders

Intensive Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un estudio exhaustivo y riguroso de los mecanismos homeostáticos, moleculares y biofísicos que rigen la función renal y el equilibrio interno en pacientes en estado crítico, integrando algoritmos terapéuticos avanzados y monitorización de alta definición.

What it covers

  1. Kidney and Acid-Base Disorders
  2. Kidney Pathophysiology in the Critically Ill Patient
  3. · Glomerular Autoregulation Mechanisms
  4. · Medullary Hypoxia: An Anatomical Physiological Trap
  5. Acute Kidney Failure (AKI): Classification and Biomarkers
  6. · Evolution of AKI Clinical Classifications
  7. · Critical Limitations of Serum Creatinine in Critical Care Patients
  8. · New Generation Biomarkers: Damage vs. Function
  9. Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) vs. Prerenal AKI
  10. · Key Pathophysiological Differentiation
  11. · Urinary Indices and their Physiological Basis
  12. · Microscopic Analysis of Urinary Sediment
  13. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in the ICU
  14. · Biophysical Solute Transport Mechanisms
  15. · Adsorption: The Third Mechanism
  16. · CRRT Standard Modalities
  17. · Prescription and Metabolic Dosage
  18. · Regional Anticoagulation with Citrate (RCA)
  19. Sodium Disorders I: Hyponatremia in the ICU
  20. · Diagnostic Algorithm Based on Tonicity
  21. · Brain Cellular Adaptation to Hyponatremia
  22. · Management of Acute Severe Symptomatic Hyponatremia
  23. Sodium Disorders II: Hypernatremia in the ICU
  24. · Physiopathological Classification according to Volemia
  25. · Security Replacement and Correction Strategies
  26. Potassium Physiology and Disorders
  27. · Hyperkalemia: Immediate Cardiac Threat
  28. · Emergency Treatment of Severe Hyperkalemia
  29. · Hypokalemia: Pathophysiology and Disorder of the ROMK Channel
  30. Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium Disorders in Critical
  31. · Calcium Disorders: Ionized Fraction and Albumin Correction
  32. · Phosphorus Disorders: The Feedback Syndrome and Diagrammatic Failure
  33. Advanced Acid-Base Physiology: Henderson-Hasselbalch Approach vs. Stewart
  34. · The Classical Henderson-Hasselbalch Hypothesis and its Limitations
  35. · Peter Stewart's Physicochemical Approach
  36. Metabolic acidosis in the critically ill patient
  37. · Categorization by Anion Gap
  38. · Elevated Anion Gap Acidosis (Normochloremic Acidosis)
  39. · Other Causes of High Anion Gap
  40. · Normal Anion Gap Acidosis (Hyperchloremic Acidosis)
  41. Metabolic Alkalosis and Acid-Base Respiratory Disorders
  42. · Metabolic Alkalosis: Classification Based on Urinary Chlorine
  43. · Acid-Base Disorders of Respiratory Origin
  44. Mixed Acid-Base Disorders in Intensive Care
  45. · Systematic Diagnostic Interpretation Algorithm
  46. Cardiorenal Syndrome and Hepatorrenal Syndrome in the ICU
  47. · Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS): Bidirectional Cross Damage
  48. · Hepatorrenal Syndrome (HRS / HRS-AKI)
  49. · Updated Diagnostic Criteria of the ICA-HRS (International Club of Ascites)
  50. Renal Pharmacology and Drug Adjustment in the Critical Patient
  51. · Modified Pharmacokinetics in AKI and CRRT
  52. · Directed Nephrotoxicity: Common Medications in the ICU
  53. · Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI-CI)

The complete study guide is in the app

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Subject
Intensive Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
53
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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