Urine output predicts successful cessation of CRRT

Urine output before the initiation of CRRT and mortality

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is still increasing, and severe AKI requiring renal replacement therapy is associated with high mortality rates despite advances in medical treatment. In hemodynamically unstable patients, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is tolerated better than intermittent hemodialysis; however, the mortality rate has not been reduced. Therefore predictin...

Successful suprapubic aspiration of urine.

When the bladder of neonates requiring suprapubic aspiration of urine was shown to contain urine on ultrasound scanning, suprapubic aspiration was successful on the first attempt in all cases. Without prior scanning only 36% of first attempts at aspiration were successful.

CRRT Applications

Urine Output During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Predicts Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Urine output is closely associated with renal function and has been used as a diagnostic criterion for acute kidney injury (AKI). However, urine output during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has never been identified as a predictor of postoperative AKI. Considering altered renal homeostasis during CPB, we made a comprehensible approach to CPB urine output and evaluated its predictability for AKI.P...

Understanding urine output in critically ill patients

Urine output often is used as a marker of acute kidney injury but also to guide fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients. Although decrease of urine output may be associated to a decrease of glomerular filtration rate due to decrease of renal blood flow or renal perfusion pressure, neurohormonal factors and functional changes may influence diuresis and natriuresis in critically ill patien...