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PCRRT Tûr'mə-nŏl'ə-jē
Helen Currier BSN, RN, CNN
Assistant Director, Renal/Pheresis
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
History of Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
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1960
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1974
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1975
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1979-82 SCUF and CAVH used by Paganini
(MD) and Whitman (RN) at
Cleveland Clinic
Continuous arteriovenous approach
first described for treatment of renal
failure
Ultrafiltration isolated from
hemodialysis circuit and the addition
of a hemofilter
Hemofiltration technique proposed
History of Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
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1980s
 1987
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1990
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1993
CRRT used in pediatrics
Pump-assisted CRRT
introduced
CRRT considered state of the art
therapy for treatment of acute renal
failure
Standards of Clinical Practice for
CRRT published by the American
Nephrology Nurses’ Association
(ANNA) and endorsed by the
American Association of Critical
Care Nurses (AACN)
History of Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
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1998
SLEDD introduced as an alternative
to CRRT
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2000
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2002
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2004
Continued development of
integrated blood pump and fluid
balance equipment for CRRT
2nd International pCRRT meeting in
Orlando, FL
3rd International pCRRT meeting in
Orlando, FL
History of Continuous Renal
Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
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2006
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2008
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2010
4th International pCRRT meeting in
Zurich, Switzerland
5th International pCRRT meeting in
Orlando, FL
6th International pCRRT meeting in
Rome, Italy
The Founding Five
Bunchman
Brophy
Goldstein
Symons
Somers
Indications for CRRT in the
Critical Care Setting
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Fluid removal
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Solute removal
Basic Concepts of CRRT:
Concepts Related to Fluid
Removal or Ultrafiltration
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Blood flow
– Arteriovenous
– Venovenous
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Hydrostatic pressure
– Arteriovenous
– Venovenous
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Other factors
– Hematocrit
– Plasma proteins
– Transmembrane pressure
Basic Concepts of CRRT:
Concepts Related to Solute
Removal or Clearance
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Convection – solute drag; hemofiltration
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Diffusion – concentration gradient;
hemodiafiltration
Convection
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High pressure  to
low pressure across
a membrane
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Pressure gradient
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Solute dissolved in
solvent = solvent
drag
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Bulk-flow of solute
across a semipermeable
membrane together
with a solvent in a
manner that is
dependent on
transmembrane
pressure and
membrane
characteristics.
Basic Concepts of CRRT:
Concepts Related to Solute
Removal or Clearance
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Convection – solute drag; hemofiltration
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Diffusion – concentration gradient;
hemodiafiltration
Diffusion
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Describes solute
transport across a
semi-permeable
membrane
generated by a
concentration
gradient.
Hemodiafiltration (HDF)
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A technique associated with
high ultrafiltration rates and
diffusion across a highly
permeable membrane.
Blood and dialysate are
circulated as in
hemodialysis, but in addition,
ultrafiltration, in excess of the
scheduled weight loss, is
provided. Replacement fluid
is used to achieve fluid
balance.
Solute Mass Transfer in CRRT
Post-Dilution CVVH Qr
Qb
CVVHD
Qb
Qef
Qef
f
Qd
f
Qr
Qr
Qb
Qb
Qef
Qef
f
Pre-Dilution CVVH
f
CVVHDF
Qd
Solute Molecular Weight
and Clearance
Solute (MW)
Sieving Coefficient
Diffusion Coefficient
Urea (60)
1.01 ± 0.05
1.01 ± 0.07
Creatinine (113)
1.00 ± 0.09
1.01 ± 0.06
Uric Acid (168)
1.01 ± 0.04
0.97 ± 0.04*
Vancomycin (1448)
0.84 ± 0.10
0.74 ± 0.04**
*P<0.05 vs sieving coefficient
**P<0.01 vs sieving coefficient
Definition of Acronyms and
Terms
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SCUF
 CAVH
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CAVHD
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CVVH
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CVVHD
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CVVHDF
slow continuous ultrafiltration
continuous arteriovenous
hemofiltration
continuous arteriovenous
hemodialysis
continuous venovenous
hemofiltration
continuous venovenous
hemodialysis
continuous venovenous
hemodiafiltration
Definition of Acronyms and
Terms
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SLEDD
slow low efficient daily
dialysis or sustained lowefficiency daily dialysis
Intermittent therapies
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Are those usually
prescribed for a
period of 12 hours
or less.
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Extended Daily
Dialysis (EDD)
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Slow Low Efficiency
Dialysis (SLED)
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EDD+SLED=SLEDD
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
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Advantages
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Slower blood flows
Slower UF rates
Adjust UF rates with hourly patient intake
Increased cytokine (bad humors) removal?
Disadvantages
– Prolonged anticoagulation
– Increased cytokine (good humors) removal?
Dialysate
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http://www.shodor.org/master/biomed/physio/dialysis/hemodialysis/sixa.htm#hollowfiber
A solution of variable
composition
designed to facilitate
diffusion of solutes
into the ultrafiltratedialysate
compartment of the
hemofilter or
hemodialyzer.
Peritoneal Dialysis
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An intracorporeal
therapy where
solute and water are
transported across
the peritoneal
membrane based on
osmotic and
concentration
gradients.
Hemodialysis
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An extracorporeal,
primarily diffusive
therapy, where
solute and water are
transported across a
semi-permeable
membrane into
dialysate.
High flux
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A dialysis membrane
designed to provide
high water
permeability, thereby
increasing solute
clearance especially
large solute such as
beta-2
microglobulin.
Transmembrane Pressure
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The hydrostatic
pressure gradient
across the
membrane. This is
the driving force that
causes ultrafiltration.
The Pediatric Ideal: CRRT
Circuit
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Minimum priming volume with low resistance
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Exchangeable components
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Biocompatible membrane
The Pediatric Ideal: CRRT
Equipment
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Separate and accurate pumps and scales for
each component of CRRT
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Range of blood flows with a minimum of
20ml/min
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Thermoregulation
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Maximum safety features
The Pediatric Ideal: CRRT
Equipment
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Comes with a expert nurse!