**Meet the editor**

Following his graduation from medical school, Dr. Ayman Karkar received his MSc degree in Nephrology and Hypertension and his PhD degree in Renal Medicine from Hammersmith Hospital, University of London. Dr. Karkar is a consultant physician and nephrologist, Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Ireland, and Fellow of the

American National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology. He has authored several books and book chapters and published over 150 articles and abstracts in peer-reviewed medical journals. Dr. Karkar is currently Baxter Head of Medical Affairs—Renal Care, Middle East and Africa, and Subject Matter Expert, East and Central Europe and Middle East and Africa.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Therapies 1** Ayman Karkar

Chapter 2 **Acute Kidney Injury 5**

Eiam-Ong

Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi

**Intensive Care Unit 49**

Chapter 3 **Hemodiafiltration in Acute Kidney Injury 33**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Principles and Methods of Acute**

Chapter 4 **Immunoadsorption Techniques and Its Current Role in the**

Patrick Hamilton, Rhodri Harris and Sandip Mitra

Chapter 5 **Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Specialized Teams: A Challenge to Improve Quality Performance 89** Jorge Echeverri, Carolina Larrarte and Manuel Huerfano

Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Paweena Susantitaphong and Somchai
