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PART I: RRT Section SECTION 1: AKI and Introduction to RRT Introduction to Renal Replacement Therapy 1. Managerial Aspects of Setting Up Renal Replacement Therapy in Intensive Care Unit 2. Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology and Causes SECTION 2: RRT: Basic Principles 3. Principles of Renal Replacement Therapy: Practical Applications 4. Types of Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU 5. Indications for Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU: Renal and Nonrenal 6. Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy SECTION 3: RRT Components 7. RRT Hardware: Cannulas and Dialysis Membranes 8. CRRT: Know the Machine 9. Dialysate Fluids and Replacement Fluids in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy SECTION 4: Management during RRT 10. Sustained Low-efficiency Extended Daily Dialysis in ICU 11. CRRT Prescription in ICU Patients 12. Anticoagulation in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy 13. Transportation of Patients Who are on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy 14. Monitoring during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy 15. High-volume CRRT 16. Switch Over From or Termination of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy SECTION 5: Issues during RRT 17. Complications during Renal Replacement Therapy 18. Troubleshooting in Renal Replacement Therapy 19. Nutrition during Renal Replacement Therapy 20. Drug Dosing in Patients Receiving Renal Replacement Therapy SECTION 6: Renal Replacement Therapy: Special Considerations 21. Dyselectrolytemia and Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients 22. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Specific Situations/Diseases 23. Renal Replacement Therapy and Pregnancy 24. Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in ICU 25. Renal Replacement Therapy in Poisonings: Basic Principles 26. Hemoperfusion for the Treatment of Poisoning. 27. Therapeutic Apheresis 28. Extracorporeal Therapies in Sepsis 29. Renal Replacemen