Erschienen in:
18.05.2022 | Editorial Commentary
Anticoagulation strategies in continuous kidney replacement therapy — does one size fit all?
verfasst von:
Akash Deep
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 11/2022
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Excerpt
The field of critical care nephrology (CCN) in children has seen a number of advances in the last two decades — newer machines, membranes, solutions and in fact, there is no other subspeciality which has made so much progress as the field of CCN. One of the key elements which determine the successful running of the continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) circuit in these sick children is the longevity of the circuit used, thus minimizing the downtime and increasing the efficacy of treatment. After optimising circuit and vascular access factors, we need to choose an anticoagulant which is selectively active in the circuit, yet having minimal effects on the child’s systemic circulation. …