Regional citrate versus systemic heparin anticoagulation for continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill children.

CONCLUSION: Our study showed that citrate is superior in terms of safety and efficacy, with longer filter life span. Regional citrate should be considered as a better anticoagulation method than heparin for continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill children. PMID: 31856634 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - December 18, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Sık G, Demirbuga A, Annayev A, Citak A Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research