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. 2024 Nov 24;16(11):e74356.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.74356. eCollection 2024 Nov.

Factors Affecting Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in Patients With Septic Shock: An Analysis of a National Inpatient Sample Database

Karan Yagnik  1 , Gaurav Mohan  1 , Apurva Ketkar  1 , Noel Nivera  2 , Sharon Weiner  3 , Chandler Patton  4 , Doantrang Du  5
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Factors Affecting Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in Patients With Septic Shock: An Analysis of a National Inpatient Sample Database

Karan Yagnik et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background: Septic shock is defined as sepsis with hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain a mean arterial pressure above 65 mmHg and having a serum lactate level of more than 2 mmol/L despite adequate volume resuscitation as per the Sepsis-3 criteria. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is commonly utilized in septic shock patients for the treatment of acute kidney injury as well as for modulating immune response and maintaining hemodynamic stability.

Methods: We looked at the National Inpatient Sample database in 2019. We identified adult patients with septic shock as the primary diagnosis using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, clinical modification codes R65.21 and R78.81, and subbranches of Aa41, A40, and R60. STATA 18 (StataCorp, College Station, TX) was used to perform logistic multivariate regression analyses.

Results: A total of 15,794 adults who were admitted for septic shock as the primary diagnosis underwent CRRT. The mean age of the patients was 61.7 years. The overall mortality rate was 57% (N = 9,002). An increase in age by one year was associated with a 1% increase in mortality (p = 0.001). The presence of hypertension increased mortality by 29% (N = 6,391) (p = 0.028). Interestingly, preexisting diabetes mellitus improved mortality by 37% (N = 3331) (p = 0.001).The outcome of CRRT was better in patients with chronic kidney disease, with a 26% improvement in mortality (N = 2341) (p = 0.001). A significant improvement in outcome (29% decrease in mortality, p=0.013) and 31% reduction in hospital length of stay (p = 0.008) was noted with CRRT initiated on day 2 of hospitalization.

Conclusion: This study highlights that the approximate time of initiation of CRRT for optimal benefit of the treatment is between 24 and 48 hours of hospitalization. This study emphasizes the prognostic factors of a standard therapy, which can serve as a basis for clinical decision-making.

Keywords: aki outcome; continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt); critical care nephrology; icu patients; severe sepsis; surviving sepsis guidelines.

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Human subjects: Consent for treatment and open access publication was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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