Jul 19, 2018 · 27 min
Listen to LtCol Ian Stewart, USAF, MC, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a practicing Nephrologist at the David Grant United Airforce Medical Center explain the “Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in a Deployed Setting” Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG). The following topics are discussed by LtCol Stewart in this podcast: Primary causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) & Hyperkalemia in the deployed setting Risk factors for AKI and Hyperkalemia in combat casualties Rhabdomyolysis Use of Renal Replacement Therapy prior to transport to a higher echelon of care Monitoring practices in casualties with AKI Criteria for transfer to a higher echelon of care for casualties with AKI Current Research on AKI Initial Treatments for AKI and hyperkalemia Acute Peritoneal Dialysis Methods available for Renal Replacement Therapy at different echelons of care NxStage® System One TM Renal Replacement Therapy system Catheter placement Replacement fluids and rates UltraFiltration Difference between NxStage® System One TM and peritoneal dialysis Performance improvement monitoring This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information, please visit https://creativecommons.org/.