Open AccessModalities of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury
Author(s) -
Ileana PERIDE,
Mirela Țigliș,
Tiberiu Paul Neagu,
Ana-Maria NECHITA,
Andrei NICULAE,
Ionel Alexandru CHECHERITA
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2021.4.5
Subject(s) - renal replacement therapy , acute kidney injury , medicine , life expectancy , intensive care medicine , modalities , quality of life (healthcare) , treatment modality , renal function , artificial kidney , life saving , medical emergency , population , social science , nursing , environmental health , sociology
Impaired renal function artificial support development massively contributed to increased life expectancy and quality of life improvement. The first steps in this direction were made in the beginning of the 1900s, nowadays existing a variety of methods of renal replacement therapies that could be customized to each patient depending on the associated complications and comorbidities. Considering these aspects and that acute kidney injury (AKI) could represent a life-threatening condition, the present review will present different options of renal replacement therapies suitable to be initiated in emergency.