Journal of nephrology
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Journal of nephrology · Nov 2008
Comparative StudyPrognostic factors in critically ill surgical patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy.
Acute mortality of unselected critically ill patients has improved during the last 15 years. Whether these benefits also affect long-term survival of critically ill surgical patients with severe acute renal failure is unclear, as are the prognostic factors relevant for survival time or mortality. ⋯ Six-month prognosis of critically ill surgical patients with severe acute renal failure is poor and mostly determined by the disease severity at ICU admission and by the frequency of surgical complications. Outcome had not improved over the study period, but after successful surgical and intensive care therapy, long-term survival appears to be reasonably good.