title: Operational characteristics of continuous renal replacement modalities used for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.
abstract: Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is required in a significant percentage of patients developing acute kidney injury (AKI) in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting. One of the foremost objectives of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is the removal of excess fluid and blood solutes that are retained as a consequence of decreased or absent glomerular filtration. Because prescription of CRRT requires goals to be set with regard to the rate and extent of both solute and fluid removal, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms by which solute and fluid removal occurs during CRRT is necessary. The following provides an overview of solute and water transfer during CRRT and this information is placed in the appropriate clinical context with a discussion of recent clinical trials assessing the relationship between CRRT dose and patient survival. Moreover, the differences between solute removal in CRRT and other dialysis modalities, especially sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) and extended daily dialysis (EDD), along with the potential clinical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Widener University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Letteri
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronco
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy*; D000327:Adsorption; D018481:Convection; D003422:Critical Care; D015314:Dialysis Solutions / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004058:Diffusion; D006801:Humans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015314:Dialysis Solutions; D008567:Membranes, Artificial