Renal replacement therapy in intensive care units in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

D L SkinnerK de VasconcellosR WiseT KistenM FaurieT HardcastleD J J Muckart

Published in: The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society (2021)

Renal replacement therapy is a scarce resource in Africa. Little is known about the current types and dosing of RRT in critical care units in South Africa. We showed that critically ill patients had multiple indications for RRT and the dosing was not optimal.

Keyphrases

south africa
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
hiv positive
mechanical ventilation
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus