Breathing Life Back into the Kidney-Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Journal
ASAIO Journal
DOI
10.1097/MAT.0000000000001210
Keywords
acute respiratory failure; outcome; renal failure; renal replacement therapy; veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; VV ECMO
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in patients supported with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO). Secondary outcomes included mortality and the need for hemodialysis on hospital discharge. We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients admitted to a specialty unit on VV ECMO between August 2014 and August 2018. Trauma and bridge to lung transplant patients were excluded. Demographics, comorbidities, pre-ECMO, ECMO, and renal replacement therapy outcome data were collected and analyzed with parametric and nonparametric statistics as appropriate. One hundred eighty-seven patients were enrolled. Median age was 45 (32, 55) years; precannulation pH, 7.21 (7.12, 7.30); PaO2/FiO2 ratio, 69 (56, 86); respiratory ECMO survival prediction score, 3 (0, 5); sequential organ failure assessment score, 12 (10, 14); and creatinine, 1.45 (0.93, 2.35) mg/dL. Overall survival to hospital discharge was 74.6%. Ninety-four (50.3%) patients had CRRT while on VV ECMO. Median time on CRRT was 14 (7, 21) days with 59 (61.4%) of these patients surviving to hospital discharge. Four (6.8%) patients, none with documented preexisting renal disease, required hemodialysis on discharge. CRRT patients had a statistically higher precannulation sequential organ failure assessment score, creatinine, total bilirubin and lower precannulation pH, respiratory ECMO survival prediction score, and platelet count compared with non-CRRT patients. Survival was 61.4% vs. 88.1% (p < 0.001). More than half of our patients received CRRT while on VV ECMO. CRRT was used in a more critically ill patient population and was associated with higher in-hospital mortality. However, for patients who survived to hospital discharge, the majority have full renal recovery.
APA Citation
Deatrick, K., Mazzeffi, M., Galvagno, S., Boswell, K., Kaczoroswki, D., Rabinowitz, R., Madathil, R., Cornachione, C., Herr, D., Scalea, T., & Menaker, J. (2021). Breathing Life Back into the Kidney-Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy and Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO Journal, (). http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001210