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Characteristics of patients |
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| Parameter |
Value (mean ± SD; range) |
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| Total no. of patients |
30 |
| Age (years) |
58 ± 12 |
| Weight (kg) |
73.7 ± 15.7 (35–105) |
| SAPS II score |
38 ± 12 |
| No. of evaluated treatments |
106 |
| Examined treatment days |
3.5 ± 1.1 |
| Prescribed spKt/V |
1.4 |
| Diagnosis |
|
| Sepsis/septic shock |
8 |
| Bowel perforation |
3 |
| Aortic aneurysm repair |
3 |
| Pneumonia |
5 |
| Hemorrhagic shock |
2 |
| Pancreatitis |
1 |
| Multiple trauma |
5 |
| Cardiogenic shock |
3 |
| Urine output at RRT start (ml per 24 h) |
150 ± 70 |
| Urea levels at RRT start (mg dl-1) |
124 ± 55 |
| Urea levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1) |
98 ± 50 |
| Urea levels at RRT withold |
68 ± 53 |
| Creatinine levels at RRT start (mg dl-1) |
2.9 ± 0.9 |
| Creatinine levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1) |
2.4 ± 1.25 |
| Creatinine levels at RRT withold |
1.8 ± 0.6 |
| No. of patients receiving heparin < 500 U h-1 |
12 |
| No. of patients receiving heparin > 500 U h-1 |
11 |
| No. of patients receiving no anticoagulation |
7 |
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RRT, renal replacement therapy; SAPS II, Systems Approach Problem Solver II. | |
Ricci et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R266 doi:10.1186/cc3517 |
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