title: Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients: practical applications.
abstract: This article reports the conclusions of the second part of a consensus expert conference on the nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunction syndromes in critically ill patients. A multidisciplinary approach was taken to achieve harmonization of definitions, components, techniques, and operations of the extracorporeal therapies. The article describes the RRT techniques in detail with the relevant technology, procedures, and phases of treatment and key aspects of volume management/fluid balance in critically ill patients. In addition, the article describes recent developments in other extracorporeal therapies, including therapeutic plasma exchange, multiple organ support therapy, liver support, lung support, and blood purification in sepsis. This is a consensus report on nomenclature harmonization in extracorporeal blood purification therapies, such as hemofiltration, plasma exchange, multiple organ support therapies, and blood purification in sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.|Department of Health Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.|Department of Management and Engineering, Universityof Padova, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Rinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellomo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, 12209, USA.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cerda
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: A Raffaele
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: De Gaudio
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garzotto
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Department, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Honore
authors.affiliation: Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kellum
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorenzin
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation-SMUR, Lariboisière AP-HParis, Université Paris Diderot-Paris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Payen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Zaccaria
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Institute of Life Sciences, Sant'Anna School of Advances Studies, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: Liver Intensive Therapy Unit, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, London, UK.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wendon
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Viale Rodolfi 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy. cronco@goldnet.it.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronco
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D032921:Consensus; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D017583:Hemodiafiltration / Q000145:classification / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000145:classification*
keywords: CRRT machine; Continuous plasmafiltration coupled with adsorption; Continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration; Continuous veno-venous hemodialysis; Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration; Hemoperfusion; High volume hemofiltration; Pressure sensor; Pump; Terminology