| Theme |
Acute Blood Purification Therapy |
| Title |
Implementations and indications of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) |
| Author |
Koichiro Shinozaki |
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author |
Shigeto Oda |
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] |
CRRT is the acronym for continuous renal replacement therapy. The term is usually used, when the clinician performs blood purification as a means of renal support. Recently, in the field of medical engineering, technology for blood purification has been markedly improved. This is due to various kinds of blood purification modalities having been developed. In these circumstances CRRT is performed not only for renal replacement therapy but also for other objectives, such as removal of humoral mediators. In this segment, we discuss currently available blood purification methods for critically ill patients. This is done in reference to recent topics related to CRRT. Indications to implement CRRT and ramifications of treatment are discussed. |