CRRT Vs IHD - An Overview

Methods have been discussed in other sessions to promote restoration and support renal function with medical therapy. But when this fails to achieve satisfactory improvements or a case is severe enough from the outset there are more advanced treatment strategies available that aim to “mimic” renal function.

These are employed to improve the patient’s clinical status by preventing the sequelae that are associated with severe azotaemia (anorexia, vomiting, mucosal ulceration, coagulopathy) by removing uraemic molecules and provide a “bridge” to provide more time until renal function is, at least partially, restored. They can also be employed to reduce refractory life threatening hyperkalaemia and volume overload efficiently.

The two main options are peritoneal and haemodialysis with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) being a subset of haemodialysis and the modality currently available most widely see http://queenofthenephron.net/list-of-units/ for reference. ...