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Mehran Monchi1, Denis Berghmans2, Didier Ledoux2

  • 1General Intensive Care and Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, 4000, Liege, Belgium. m.monchi@free.fr.

Intensive Care Medicine
|November 6, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Regional citrate anticoagulation significantly extends filter life and reduces transfusion needs compared to heparin during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in ICU patients. This makes citrate a potentially superior option for renal replacement therapy.

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