The adult data on the use of regional citrate anticoagulation during continuous renal replacement therapy show a decreased risk of bleeding and at the least equivalent circuit survival as compared ...

Therefore, similar to monitoring the circuit calcium for effective extracorporeal anticoagulation, monitoring of the patient's iCa is performed every hour until a steady state of removal has been ...

Actual mean dialysis durations were 7.5 h/day for SLED and 21.3 h/day for CRRT. Average weekly costs were US$1,431 for SLED with either heparin or saline flushes, $2,607 for CRRT with heparin ...

Urine output at the time of cessation of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) seems to be the best predictor of successful discontinuation of CRRT, according to a study published in ...

Main course: Didactic and interactive sessions to cover basics of CRRT (e.g., patient selection, modality, timing, dose, prescription, anticoagulation, access, membrane, circuit, alarms, ...

Submission of a Prior Approval Supplement for a reduction in the number of patients in the NEPHRO CRRT study is expected ... beyond 48 hours as well as heparin-tolerant patients at certain ...