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Causes of a Decreased Ultrafiltration Rate in CAVH
Author(s) -
Jenkins Randall D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1989.tb00599.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrafiltration (renal) , filtration (mathematics) , intensive care medicine , chromatography , statistics , chemistry , mathematics
I have found that ultrafiltration rates during CA VHseem to fall off by 50% or more during thefirst few hours of use. I cannot explain this on the basis of changes in blood pressure or clotting. What might account for this observation? Can anything be done to maintain the higher filtration rate?