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Nick Mark’s OnePager guides to critical care topics.
Overview of Renal Replacement Therapy
#criticalCare #nephrology #hemodialysis #ultrafiltration #RRT #CRRT
Renal replacement therapies are commonly used in the ICU to remove excess fluid and clear the blood of endogenous and exogenous toxins. This ICU OnePager explains the physics & physiology of dialysis, discussing the key concepts (dialysis = diffusion, hemofiltration/ultrafiltration = convection) and the components of the dialysis circuit (pumps, dialyzer, dialysis solution, replacement fluid, etc). It also reviews all the confusing modes of dialysis: IHD, SLED, and CRRT including SCUF, CVVHF, CVVHD, and CVVHDF.
Current version 1.0 (originally posted 2021-02-17). Also available 🇷🇴 Romanian (PDF, PPT, PNG)
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Who, When, Why, and How, CHEST 2019
Renal replacement therapy in ICU, J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2012
The ultrafiltration coefficient: this old ‘grand inconnu’ in dialysis, NDT 2013
Choosing a dialyzer: What clinicians need to know, Hemodialysis International 2018
Prescription of CRRT: a pathway to optimize therapy, Annals of Intensive Care, 2020
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome, Pediatric Nephrol 2012
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EXTRIP Guidelines for Use of RRT in Removing Toxins (highly recommend this site as a reference)