CONTINUOUS ARTERIOVENOUS HAEMODIALYSIS IN THE INTENSIVE THERAPY UNIT

Continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care unit

Acute renal failure (ARF) requiring dialysis is a common complication of patients in intensive care unit (ICU). Dialysis can be performed with either intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) or continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). CRRT is associated with less hemodynamic instability. Therefore, it is preferred in critically ill and hypotensive patients in ICU. However, current evidence does not ...

Continuous haemofiltration in the intensive care unit

Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) was first described in 1977 for the treatment of diuretic-unresponsive fluid overload in the intensive care unit (ICU). Since that time this treatment has undergone a remarkable technical and conceptual evolution. It is now available in most tertiary ICUs around the world and has almost completely replaced intermittent haemodialysis (IHD) in some coun...

Choice of Renal Replacement Therapy and Role of Haemodialysis in the Intensive Care Unit

Renal replacement therapy (RRT) has become an established component of modern critical care. Approximately 60 70% of critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI) are treated with RRT which represents ~5% of all intensive care unit (ICU) admissions (Ostermann & Chang, 2008; Uchino et al., 2005). Thirty years ago, intermittent haemodialysis for the critically ill patient with AKI...

Nebuliser therapy in the intensive care unit.

Glucocorticoid therapy in the intensive care unit.