title: [Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) in patients with prevalent systolic heart failure refractory to medical treatment and with chronic renal failure].
abstract: Systolic heart failure refractory to conventional medical therapy is the principal cause of the high hospitalization rates and of high mortality risks. When this condition is associated with chronic renal failure it is necessary to treat the body liquid composition alterations, and the alterations in the hemodynamic state without creating low flow conditions, trying to achieve an electrolytic and an acid-base balance to reduce the plasmatic volume and permit refilling between the interstitium and plasm. Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) is a dialysis technique allowing the maintenance of hemodynamic stability through a reduced ultrafiltration rate, it allows an adequate clearance of small solutes, and with sustained treatment it maximizes the dialysis dose and determines a clinical improvement through the removal of the hydric overload. Our experience suggests that SLED is a substitutive treatment for acute dialysis in patients with systolic heart failure refractory to conventional medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: U.O. Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Gemma De Bosis, Cassino (FR). uonefro.cassino@libero.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iorio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Violi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simonelli
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Nacca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caliendo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamberti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mantella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*; D013599:Systole; D017211:Treatment Failure