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dc.contributor.authorDavies, H.
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Gavin
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:21:02Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:21:02Z
dc.date.created2008-11-25T06:21:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationDavies, Hugh T. and Leslie, Gavin D. 2008. Intermittent versus Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A matter of controversy. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 24 (5): pp. 269-285.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20761
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.iccn.2008.02.001
dc.description.abstract

Acute Renal Failure (ARF) requiring some form of replacement therapy is a frequent complication in the critically ill patient. Despite potentially therapeutic advantages the expectation of an improvement in patient outcomes using Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) compared to conventional Intermittent Haemodialysis (IHD) remains controversial. Several operational features of CRRT allow this technique to be tolerated more easily in critical illness than IHD. The gradual removal of fluid reduces the incidence of hypotension and the risk of volume overload. Decreased variability in the concentration of solutes enables greater azotemia control. However, CRRT is required to operate uninterrupted to achieve a treatment dose that is equivalent to a conventional IHD treatment schedule. In the absence of definitive evidence to validate superior patient survival and return of renal function there is disagreement as to the most appropriate form of Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) for the critically ill patient. The introduction of 'hybrid' therapies offers a further alternative treatment strategy, which combine favourable aspects of IHD and CRRT. The decision to use IHD or CRRT should be guided by the therapeutic needs of the patient rather than the operational differences between the two techniques. The resources and expertise available at the organisation are also important in determining the mode best able to manage the critically ill patient at any stage and may change according to the severity of illness. The emergence of hybrid therapies provide a compromise option which encompasses many of the features of both systems, but does not embrace all options of either approach.

dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.subjectoutcomes
dc.subjectIntensive Care
dc.subjectRenal Replacement Therapy
dc.titleIntermittent versus Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A matter of controversy
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume24
dcterms.source.startPage269
dcterms.source.endPage285
dcterms.source.issn09643397
dcterms.source.titleIntensive and Critical Care Nursing
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Davies, Hugh T. and Lesley, Gavin D. (2008) Intermittent versus Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A matter of controversy, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 24:269-285.

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curtin.facultySchool of Nursing and Midwifery
curtin.facultyDivision of Health Sciences


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