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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Sep 2016
Review[Organ replacement therapy - renal replacement therapy in intensive care medicine].
- Daniel Kraus and Christoph Wanner.
- Abteilung für Nephrologie, Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg.
- Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2016 Sep 1; 51 (9): 544-53.
AbstractCritically ill patients who are treated in an intensive care unit are at increased risk of developing acute renal failure. Every episode of renal failure decreases life expectancy. However, acute renal failure is no longer an immediate cause of death because renal function can be substituted medically and mechanically, by the use of renal replacement therapy. Hemodialysis and hemofiltration are the 2 fundamental modalities of renal replacement therapy and may be performed intermittently or continuously. The decision for one particular therapy has to be made for each patient individually. Peritoneal dialysis is an alternative treatment for acute renal failure, but is not available for immediate use in most centers. Contrast media and rhabdomyolysis are 2 common causes of toxic renal failure in the intensive care unit. However, they cannot be prevented by hemodialysis.© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.
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