Alaa Rahhal, Mostafa Najim, Ahmed Mahfouz, Mhd Baraa Habib, Sara Seife Hassen, Isra'a Al-Shekh, Ashraf Omer Ahmed, Haneen Toba, Shahem Abbarh, Mawahib El Hassan, Sumaya Al Yafei, Amr Badr, Khaled Mohamed Mahmoud
Sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED) is usually performed over 6-12 h among hemodynamically unstable patients. Conduction of 4-h SLED may spare time and manpower during hospitalization. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective observational study to explore the appropriateness and clinical outcomes of 4-h SLED among critically ill patients admitted to our center from 1/06/2016 to 1/06/2020. Renal parameters including blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, sodium, phosphorus, potassium, and bicarbonate were determined on the day of dialysis before SLED and within 24 h after SLED, and clinical outcomes including, acute kidney injury (AKI) recovery, in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, 180-day mortality, and re-admission with AKI, were evaluated...
2023: Open Medicine (Warsaw, Poland)