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Acute Renal Failure

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The kidney is an organ that primarily regulates volume and composition of the internal fluid environment; its excretory function is incidental to their regulatory function. In renal failure, this regulatory function is impaired.

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

    J. Besso, G. Blanco & R. Gonzalez

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  1. Department and School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Catania School of Medicine and University-Hospital, Catania, Italy

    Antonino Gullo

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Keck Medical School, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Philip D. Lumb

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Centro Medico de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

    José Besso

  4. World Federation of Critical Care Nurses C/-Nursing Administration, Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia

    Ged F. Williams

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Besso, J., Blanco, G., Gonzalez, R. (2009). Acute Renal Failure. In: Gullo, A., Lumb, P.D., Besso, J., Williams, G.F. (eds) Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1436-7_16

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