Acute kidney injury
Organiser: Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC)
Topic: Acute Cardiac Care, Other
Course directors: Associate Professor S. Gevaert (Gent, BE) , Professor S. Price (London, GB)
10 January 2023
4h 30min
Subspecialty
- Diagnose AKI based on the KDIGO classification.
- Differentiate aetiologies of AKI in the ICCU setting, including acute cardiorenal and acute renocardiac syndromes.
- Apply preventive measures to avoid the development of AKI (especially contrast-induced)
- Initiate medical treatment for AKI
- Decide when and how a patient should be started on RRT
- Identify patients at long term risk for chronic kidney disease
