• Yang Gao, Zhi-Dong Qi, Rui-Jin Liu, Hai-Tao Liu, Qiu-Yuan Han, Xing Zhang, Rui Huang, Ming Li, Zhen-Yu Yang, Jun-Bo Zheng, Jing-Dong Qu, Si-Cong Wang, Yan-Song Liu, Hong-Liang Wang, and Kai-Jiang Yu.
• Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150086, China.
• Chin. Med. J. 2019 May 20; 132 (10): 1208-1211.

BackgroundBlood purification (BP) is one of the most important rescue measures for patients with critical illness in the intensive care unit (ICU), especially for those with acute kidney injury. The purpose of this nationwide survey was to reveal the real world of current BP practice in different ICUs all over China. This study was designed to be a multi-center cross-sectional study.MethodsAll adult patients (over 18 years of age), who were admitted to ICU and required BP in 35 sub-centers across China were included during 30-day survey period in 2018. Demographic characteristics and clinical data were recorded including the timing of treatment initiation, indications, modality, relative contraindication, establishment of vascular access, selection of filter/membrane, settings, anti-coagulation, executive department, complication, intake, and output.DiscussionThis nationwide survey may contribute to reveal the real world of current BP practice in different ICUs all over China.Trial RegistrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR-EOC-17013119; http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=22487.

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