The effectiveness of a specialized team intervention on prognosis in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement...

Limited evidence is available regarding the effectiveness of a specialized continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) team approach. Hence, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a specialized CRRT team intervention in a Japanese hospital.

We retrospectively identified adult patients who underwent CRRT in the intensive care unit (ICU) from July 2015 to June 2019 and divided them into two groups based on whether or not they received CRRT team intervention. We extracted data from the electronic medical record database. The concurrent effects of various factors on study outcomes were analyzed by multivariate analysis using a generalized linear model.

A total of 540 patients were included. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two groups. In univariate analysis, no significant differences were found in in-hospital mortality (34.0 vs. 30.8%; risk difference, -3.2%; 95% confidence interval, -12.6 to 6.1), total duration of ICU stay, total CRRT time, and the proportion of patients starting maintenance hemodialysis during hospitalization between both groups. Multivariate analysis also indicated no significant differences.

In this study, no significant difference was found in patient outcomes between both groups. The results suggest that the CRRT team should have integrated protocols and play a core role in CRRT management.