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Perioperative Acute Renal Failure: Diagnosis and Management

Released: Sep 2008

Expires: Sep 2012

Type: Online

Acute renal failure (ARF) is an important and often preventable complication of hospitalization. Patients with even modest increases in their serum creatinine have increases in their mortality, length of stay, and hospital costs. Postoperative ARF represents 9% to 25% of all cases of hospital-acquired renal insufficiency. Risk factors for postoperative ARF can be identified in advance and preventive measures taken to avoid the development of renal insufficiency. The following module explains the roles of medical treatment in lowering the risk of perioperative ARF, the typical presentation of ARF postoperatively, the diagnostic approach to perioperative ARF, and the initial treatment once ARF develops.

Faculty:

Sylvia McKean, MD | Adam Schaffer, MD |

CME Credits/Hours: 2.00
Cost: Free
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