Regional Citrate Anticoagulation Protocol for Patients with Presumed Absent Citrate Metabolism
Author(s) -
Balázs Szamosfalvi,
Vidhit Puri,
Ryann Sohaney,
Benjamin Wagner,
Amy Riddle,
Sharon Dickinson,
Lena M. Napolitano,
Michael Heung,
David Humes,
Lenar Yessayan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kidney360
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-7650
DOI - 10.34067/kid.0005342020
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic alkalosis , interquartile range , calcium metabolism , metabolic acidosis , gastroenterology , intensive care , calcium , intensive care medicine
Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is not recommended in patients with shock or severe liver failure. We designed a protocol with personalized precalculated flow settings for patients with absent citrate metabolism that abrogates risk of citrate toxicity, and maintains neutral continuous KRT (CKRT) circuit calcium mass balance and normal systemic ionized calcium levels.
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