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HEPARIN CITRATE
2015 Anticoagulation
? ICUs
218 patients
CRRT - regional citrate vs heparin/promatine
Clinical Question
In critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), does regional anticoagulation with citrate prolong circuit life compared to heparin and protamine?
Critical Appraisal
Key findings
Citrate - longer circuit life, fewer A/Es. No change mortality, ICU LOS, cytokines, rbcs
- Population
- AKI
- Population Details
- Not recorded
- Intervention Arms
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Citrate
- Control Arms
-
Heparin
- Primary Outcome
- functional circuit life
- Secondary Outcomes
- Not recorded
- P Value
- 0.01
Outcome Results
Not recorded