Inventive interviewing: How the systemic interview can be applied in everyday practice through variations on one question.

Building on theoretical discussions regarding the institution of heterosexuality and heteronormativity, this chapter demonstrates how language and heterosexual sex (that is, heterosex) are intimately intertwined. The chapter teases out the ways in which the norms of heterosexuality have changed over time yet also remained the same in several fundamental ways. The first section maps the broad discursive conditions that shape dominant norms of contemporary heterosexuality in Anglo-Western contexts. The second section demonstrates the cultural imperatives that govern the desires, norms, and acts of heterosex, outlining how they create specific modes of being and doing in everyday practice. Finally, the conclusion considers the possibility that recent global activism may lead to a revamping of gendered norms and their tired rigidity.

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Current Concepts of Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury—Are We Ready to Translate Them into Everyday Practice?

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10143113 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (14) ◽

pp. 3113

Author(s):

Kinga Musiał

Keyword(s):

Acute Kidney Injury ◽

Surrogate Marker ◽

Kidney Injury ◽

Tubuloglomerular Feedback ◽

Everyday Practice ◽

Special Focus ◽

Functional Reserve ◽

Renal Functional Reserve ◽

Acute Kidney Disease ◽

Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury

Pediatric acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children undergoing interventional procedures. The review summarizes current classifications of AKI and acute kidney disease (AKD), as well as systematizes the knowledge on pathophysiology of kidney injury, with a special focus on renal functional reserve and tubuloglomerular feedback. The aim of this review is also to show the state-of-the-art in methods assessing risk and prognosis by discussing the potential role of risk stratification strategies, taking into account both glomerular function and clinical settings conditioned by fluid overload, urine output, or drug nephrotoxicity. The last task is to suggest careful assessment of eGFR as a surrogate marker of renal functional reserve and implementation of point-of-care testing, available in the case of biomarkers like NGAL and [IGFBP-7] × [TIMP-2] product, into everyday practice in patients at risk of AKI due to planned invasive procedures or treatment.

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