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ArticleRenal failure2021

The landscape of renal replacement therapy in Veterans Affairs Medical Center intensive care units.

Chandan Vangala, Maulin Shah, Natasha N Dave, Layth Al Attar, Sankar D Navaneethan, Venkat Ramanathan, Susan Crowley, Wolfgang C Winkelmayer

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Article in Renal failure, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chandan VangalaBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Maulin ShahBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Natasha N DaveBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Layth Al AttarBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Sankar D NavaneethanBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Venkat RamanathanBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Susan CrowleyYale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Wolfgang C WinkelmayerBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · USBaylor College of Medicine · USVA Connecticut Healthcare System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOutpatient dialysis is standardized with several evidence-based measures of adequacy and quality that providers aim to meet while providing treatment. By contrast, in the intensive care unit (ICU) there are different types of prolonged and continuous renal replacement therapies (PIRRT and CRRT, respectively) with varied strategies for addressing patient care and a dearth of nationally accepted quality parameters. To eventually describe appropriate quality measures for ICU-related renal replacement therapy (RRT), we first aimed to capture the variety and prevalence of basic strategies and equipment utilized in the ICUs of Veteran Affairs (VA) medical facilities with inpatient hemodialysis capabilities.

methods

resultsSeventy-six centers completed the questionnaire, achieving a response rate of 87.4%. Fifty-five centers reported using PIRRT or CRRT in addition to intermittent hemodialysis. Of these centers, 42 reported being specifically CRRT-capable. Over half of respondents had the capabilities to perform PIRRT. Twelve centers (21.8%) were equipped to use slow low efficient dialysis (SLED) alone. Therapy was largely prescribed by nephrologists (94.4% of centers).

conclusionsWithin the VA system, ICU-related RRT practice is quite varied. Variation in processes of care, prescription authority, nursing care coordination, medication management, and safety practices present opportunities for developing cross-cutting measures of quality of intensive care RRT that are agnostic of modality choice.

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Renal Replacement TherapyAcute Kidney InjuryFemaleHospitals, VeteransHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleUnited StatesContinuous renal replacement therapyCRRTintensive care unitPIRRTprolonged intermittent renal replacement therapyveterans affairs

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PMID34261420
PMCPMC8280999
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