title: [Renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit].
abstract: Acute renal failure in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit is associated with high morbidity and mortality which is independent of the underlying etiology. Despite improvements in intensive care medicine and renal replacement therapy, patients with acute renal failure have much higher morbidity and mortality rates than patients without acute renal failure in the intensive care unit. In this overview, we summarize the literature on the incidence and mortality of patients with acute renal failure in the intensive care unit. Furthermore, we discuss timing of the initiation of renal replacement therapy, patient outcome with different renal replacement therapies and the adequate dialysis dose to be delivered.
authors.affiliation: Nierenzentrum Heidelberg, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 162, 69120 Heidelberg. christian.morath@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morath
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miftari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dikow
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hainer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schwenger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weigand
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D017583:Hemodiafiltration; D006801:Humans; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants