Will you implement the conservative dialysis strategy from the LIBERATE-D trial for patients with dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury, or will you continue dialysis on a schedule until recovery based on creatinine and urine output?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
I think I have always dialyzed patients with AKI on an as-needed basis. The question is whether to follow the parameters set by the LIBERATE-D study (bun >112, etc.). I am not yet sure what my practice will look like in the future as far as the parameters. It is likely the case, though, that I would...
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
The real problem is fluid. Patients with ATN are often oliguric, and we all know that ICU patients are almost always fluid overloaded. Even with 3 days per week dialysis, it is hard to keep fluid balance even in an ICU patient who may still be hypotensive. In the LIBERATE-D trial, the intervention a...