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. 2016 Jan 7;11(1):30-8.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.01290215. Epub 2015 Dec 17.

Modality of RRT and Recovery of Kidney Function after AKI in Patients Surviving to Hospital Discharge

Kelly V Liang  1 , Florentina E Sileanu  2 , Gilles Clermont  3 , Raghavan Murugan  4 , Francis Pike  2 , Paul M Palevsky  5 , John A Kellum  6
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Modality of RRT and Recovery of Kidney Function after AKI in Patients Surviving to Hospital Discharge

Kelly V Liang et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .

Abstract

Background and objectives: Observational evidence has suggested that RRT modality may affect recovery after AKI. It is unclear whether initial choice of intermittent hemodialysis or continuous RRT affects renal recovery, survival, or development of ESRD in critically ill patients when modality choice is made primarily on hemodynamics.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements: We performed a retrospective cohort study examining adults (≥18 years old) admitted to intensive care units from 2000 to 2008 who received RRT for AKI and survived to hospital discharge or 90 days. We analyzed renal recovery (alive and not requiring RRT) and reasons for nonrecovery (death or ESRD) at 90 and 365 days. Conditional multivariable logistic regression was used to assess differences in renal recovery at 90 and 365 days between continuous RRT and intermittent hemodialysis. Models were stratified by propensity for continuous RRT and adjusted for age and reference creatinine.

Results: Of 4738 patients with Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes stage 3 AKI, 1338 (28.2%) received RRT, and 638 (47.7%) survived to hospital discharge (353 intermittent hemodialysis and 285 continuous RRT). Recovery from AKI was lower for intermittent hemodialysis versus continuous RRT at 90 days (66.6% intermittent hemodialysis versus 75.4% continuous RRT; P=0.02) but similar at 365 days (54.1% intermittent hemodialysis versus 59.6% continuous RRT; P=0.17). In multivariable analysis, there was no difference in odds of recovery at 90 or 365 days for patients initially treated with continuous RRT versus intermittent hemodialysis (90 days: odds ratio, 1.19; 95% confidence interval, 0.91 to 1.55; P=0.20; 365 days: odds ratio, 0.93; 95% confidence interval, 0.72 to 1.2; P=0.55).

Conclusions: We found no significant difference in hazards for nonrecovery or reasons for nonrecovery (mortality or ESRD) with intermittent hemodialysis versus continuous RRT. These results suggest that, when initial RRT modality is chosen primarily on hemodynamics, renal recovery and clinical outcomes in survivors are similar between intermittent hemodialysis and continuous RRT.

Keywords: Hemodialysis; acute kidney injury; cohort studies; critical illness; hemodynamics; humans; intensive care units; kidney failure, chronic; renal replacement therapy.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Population flowchart. CRRT, continuous RRT; IHD, intermittent hemodialysis; KDIGO, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Recovery from AKI at 90 days and 1 year. Panel (A) shows renal recovery rates for hospital survivors at 90 days from RRT initiation. Panel (B) shows renal recovery rates for hospital survivors at 365 days from RRT initiation. CRRT, continuous RRT; IHD, intermittent hemodialysis; USRDS, US Renal Data System.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Exploratory analysis of hemodynamic instability 24 hours before RRT. CRRT, continuous RRT; IHD, intermittent hemodialysis; KDIGO, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes.
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