title: Coupled plasma filtration adsorption for the treatment of a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute kidney injury: a case report.
abstract: Coupled plasma filtration adsorption (CPFA) is an extracorporeal blood purification therapy based on non-specific pro- and anti-inflammatory mediator adsorption on a special resin cartridge coupled with continuous veno-venous haemofiltration or continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration and is one of the emerging treatments for septic patients. However, in the literature, there are limited data about its efficacy in treating patients with acute diseases but without the traditional criteria for sepsis. We describe the case of a 43-year-old male who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to pneumonia and acute kidney injury, whose clinical conditions rapidly improved after early CPFA therapy.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucisano
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capria
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matera
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Pierangela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Presta
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicolino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Comi
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talarico
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rametti
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quirino
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giancotti
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Unit, 'Magna Graecia' University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuiano
keywords: acute kidney injury; acute respiratory distress syndrome; coupled plasma filtration adsorption; cytokines; pneumonia