ISCCM Manual of RRT & ECMO in ICU: A Reference Book for Practicing Intensivists

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 Replacement Therapy in Children
30. Quality Assurance for Renal Replacement Therapy
31. Multiple Choice Questions on Renal Replacement Therapy
PART II: ECMO Section
SECTION 7: ECMO: Basic Principle
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Introduction
32. ECMO: Definition, Type, and Variants
33. ECMO Physiology
34. Indications and Contraindications of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
35. Know the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Machine: Circuit and Hardware
SECTION 8: ECMO Component
36. Cannulation in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
37. Circuit Priming and ECMO Initiation
38. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuit Diagram
SECTION 9: ECMO: Administrative Issues
39. Development of ECMO Program
40. Communication, Consent, and Ethical Issues during ECMO
41. Cost Reduction Strategy during ECMO
SECTION 10: Management during ECMO
42. Anticoagulation Management during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Heparin and Alternatives
43. Mechanical Ventilation in Patients Undergoing ECMO
44. Managing Pain, Anxiety and Psychological Issues during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
45. Blood and Component Therapy during ECMO: When and Why?
46. Proning and Mobilization on ECMO
47. Monitoring during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
48. Procedures during ECMO Emergency and Nonemergency
49. ECMO Weaning, Trial Off, and Decannulation
50. Post Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
51. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit
SECTION 11: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Complication
52. Infection Control Issues during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
53. Managing Complication during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
54. Managing Left Ventricular Distension during VA ECMO
55. Acute Kidney Injury in ECMO
SECTION 12: ECMO: Special Consideration
56. Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal
57. Renal Replacement Therapy on ECMO
58. ECMO as Bridge to Transplant
59. Role of ECMO in Toxicology
60. ECMO-supported Procedures
61. Role of ECMO in CPR
62. Challenges in Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO
63. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation MCQs

Rajesh Chandra Mishra MBBS MD (Medicine) FNB (CCM) EDICM FCCP FCCM FICCM FICP
Kanwalpreet Sodhi DA DNB IDCCM EDIC FICCM
Vivek Gupta DA DNB FIACTA FICCM
KC Prakash MD DNB (Nephrology)