Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- CCRT
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
- Continuous dialysis therapy
- Not as aggressive as hemodialysis
- Removes volume and solutes slowly
- Corrects electrolytes and metabolic abnormalities
- Maintain fluid balance
- CCRT is used in unstable patients with:
- Fluid overload
- Acute renal failure
- Chronic renal failure
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Drug overdose
- Methods for performing CCRT
- Arteriovenous
- Venovenous
- Most common
- Blood pump forces blood from patient to filter
- Ensures consistent pressure in circuit and in hemofilter
- Performed in four ways
- SCUF =Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration
- Primary goal = fluid removal
- CVVH=Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration
- Fluid volume management
- Moderate solute removal
- CVVHD=Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis
- Fluid volume management
- Greater solute removal
- CVVHDF= Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration
- Maximal fluid and solute removal
- SCUF =Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
