Fluid overload and survival in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury receiving continuous renal replacement therapy.

Il Young KimJoo Hui KimDong Won LeeSoo Bong LeeHarin RheeEun Young SeongIhm Soo KwakSang Heon Song

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Our study demonstrates that the adverse effect of fluid overload on survival is more evident in patients with sepsis or with more severe illness, and that it might not apply to patients without sepsis or with less severe illness.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
end stage renal disease
intensive care unit
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
early onset
septic shock
emergency department