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- J DePriest.
- Department of critical care medicine, DePaul Health Center, Bridgeton, Missouri 63044, USA. jackdep@aol.com
- Postgrad Med. 1997 Sep 1;102(3):245-6, 251-2, 258 passim.
AbstractOliguria is a common occurrence in the ICU setting. In patients with preserved renal function, fluid challenges or low doses of diuretics are generally successful. In patients with oliguric renal failure, it is still essential to ensure adequate intravascular fluid volume, especially in critically ill patients. Loop diuretics remain the mainstay of treatment. When diuretic resistance is encountered, physicians should consider further optimization of hemodynamics, alternative loop diuretics, and combined drug therapy. In some cases, continuous renal replacement therapy can be very effective. Yet, while these interventions can help reduce the morbidity of severe volume overload, they have not been shown to improve mortality rates.
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