Renal replacement therapy: Fluid Management
DEFINITIONS
- Patient fluid balance – input and output over 24 hours
- Machine fluid balance – input by machine (dialysate, replacement fluid, anticoagulation) and output by machine (spent dialysate, ultrafiltrate)
- Effluent – total amount of fluid discarded by machine (ultrafiltrate + spent dialysate)
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- -> need to get a copy of our CRRT prescription to go in here.
have a goal as to why CRRT is being implemented - write the prescription clearly
- review goal for the day regularly
- fluid removal rates of 300-400mL/hr are well tolerated in the fluid overloaded patient
- be realistic because there are many reasons why treatment is interrupted
References and Links
LITFL
- CCC – RRT Indications
- CCC – RRT principles in fluid management
- CCC – RRT Types
- CCC – RRT terminology and nomenclature
- CCC – RRT troubleshooting
Journals
- Kellum, J. A., et al (2010) “Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy” Oxford University Press, pages – pages 33-37
Critical Care
Compendium
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at the Alfred ICU in Melbourne. He is also a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. He is a co-founder of the Australia and New Zealand Clinician Educator Network (ANZCEN) and is the Lead for the ANZCEN Clinician Educator Incubator programme. He is on the Board of Directors for the Intensive Care Foundation and is a First Part Examiner for the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives.
After finishing his medical degree at the University of Auckland, he continued post-graduate training in New Zealand as well as Australia’s Northern Territory, Perth and Melbourne. He has completed fellowship training in both intensive care medicine and emergency medicine, as well as post-graduate training in biochemistry, clinical toxicology, clinical epidemiology, and health professional education.
He is actively involved in in using translational simulation to improve patient care and the design of processes and systems at Alfred Health. He coordinates the Alfred ICU’s education and simulation programmes and runs the unit’s education website, INTENSIVE. He created the ‘Critically Ill Airway’ course and teaches on numerous courses around the world. He is one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) and is co-creator of litfl.com, the RAGE podcast, the Resuscitology course, and the SMACC conference.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
On Twitter, he is @precordialthump.
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