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. 2019 Jul 3;20(1):240.
doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1428-5.

Evaluation on treatment of sustained low-efficiency hemodialysis against patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following wasp stings

Ting-Ting Ye  1 , Rong Gou  1 , Ya-Ni Mao  1 , Jian-Ming Shen  1 , Dong He  1 , Yan-Yan Deng  2
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Evaluation on treatment of sustained low-efficiency hemodialysis against patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following wasp stings

Ting-Ting Ye et al. BMC Nephrol. .

Abstract

Background: To evaluate the treatment of sustained low-efficiency hemodialysis (SLED) against patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) following wasp stings.

Methods: Clinical data of 35 patients with MODS following wasp stings were retrospectively analysed. These patients were divided into three groups according to the treatment strategy used: 1) hemodialysis (HD) group, 2) continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH)/HD group, and 3) SLED/HD group. The clinical parameters, treatment outcome, and safety findings were compared among the three groups.

Results: The recovery rate (76.92% vs 77.78% vs 91.67%, p = 0.621) and mortality rate (15.38% vs 11.11% vs 8.33%, p = 0.999) were similar among the three groups. When compared to the HD group, patients treated with CVVH/HD or SLED/HD required a shorter period of time to enter into polyuria stage [(24.7 ± 4.3) days vs (20.2 ± 4.7) days vs (18.2 ± 3.0) days, F = 9.11, p = 0.0007], and required a shorter time for serum creatinine to return to normal [(45.7 ± 13.4) days vs (33.1 ± 9.4) days vs (31.9 ± 9.8), F = 5.83, p = 0.0069]; while such parameters had no significant differences between SLED/HD group and CVVH/HD group. The adverse events of hypotension and arrhythmia were found in the HD group, while no adverse events were reported in the SLED/HD and CVVH/HD groups. There was no significant difference in the cost of blood purification treatment between the SLED/HD group and HD group.

Conclusion: The use of SLED, CVVH and HD provided a comparable recovery and survival rates in patients with MODS secondary to wasp stings. Compared to HD, the use of SLED is recommended as a treatment strategy because of the efficacy on recover of renal function, satisfactory safety outcome, as well as the reasonable treatment cost.

Keywords: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; Sustained low-efficiency hemodialysis; Wasp stings.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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