Anticoagulation in continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT)

Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT) are commonly used in the majority of critically ill patients who need dialysis. Treatment success depends on an efficient anticoagulation protocol devised to maintain the dialysis circuit unclotted, with minimal complications such as bleeding due to excessive anticoagulation. Several features can contribute to dialysis circuit thrombosis, such as the speed of pump blood flow, dialysis catheter, type of dialyzer membrane and also, the type of technique prescribed. Unfractioned heparin (UFH) is the anticoagulant most used in CRRT. Recently, low-molecular weight heparins (LMWH) have been shown to be safe and effective drugs for this purpose. In critically ill patients, who frequently have contraindications to systemic anticoagulation, regional anticoagulation with trisodium citrate is an increasingly accepted method due to its safety and efficiency if applied under strict metabolic control. Regional anticoagulation with UFH/protamin now has limited use because of side effects related to protamin. If the patient has contraindication to systemic anticoagulation or if regional anticoagulation with citrate is not available, continuous flushing of circuit dialysis with saline is the only applicable alternative. In patients with contraindication to heparinization, new drugs not yet available in Brazil, such as prostaglandins, recombinant hirudin, argatroban and nafamostat can be used.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) - 53(2007), 5 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 451-5

Sprache:

Portugiesisch

Weiterer Titel:

Anticoagulação em terapias contínuas de substituição renal

Beteiligte Personen:

Garcés, Erwin Otero [VerfasserIn]
Victorino, Josué Almeida [VerfasserIn]
Veronese, Francisco Verisimo [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

451W47IQ8X
Anticoagulants
Citrates
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Journal Article
Review
Sodium Chloride

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 31.07.2008

Date Revised 17.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM174540159