The International journal of artificial organs
-
Comparative Study
Continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration or hemofiltration: impact on calcium, phosphate and magnesium concentrations.
Different techniques of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) might have different effects on calcium, phosphate and magnesium concentrations. Accordingly, we tested whether continuous veno-venous hemodia filtration (CVVHDF) or continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) would achieve better control of these electrolytes. ⋯ In critically ill patients with ARF, calcium, phosphate and magnesium were commonly abnormal and they were only partly corrected by CRRT. CVVH and CVVHDF had a different effect on serum magnesium concentrations.