Enhanced Renal Clearance in Patients With Hemorrhagic Stroke*

Objectives: To evaluate enhanced renal clearance over time in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracerebral hemorrhage via measured creatinine clearance and to compare measured creatinine clearance to creatinine clearance calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation and estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Diseases equation. Design: Prospective, observational study. Setting: Neurosciences ICU in a tertiary care academic medical center. Patients: Study participants had an admission diagnosis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage or intracerebral hemorrhage, an expected neurosciences ICU length of stay greater than 48 hours, no evidence of renal dysfunction (admission serum creatinine
Source: Critical Care Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research