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Since the initial description of the use of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) in the critically ill [1], continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has steadily evolved from an adjuvant therapy for acute renal failure (ARF) to a well-established, widely used, fully independent form of artificial kidney support [2]. This evolution has taken place because of the shortcomings of standard, intermittent hemodialysis in the treatment of an increasingly large population of severely ill multiorgan failure patients. It has also taken place because the technology (the “hardware”) supporting the application of CRRT has improved and because the medical understanding of the potential of this therapy has greatly expanded. This chapter will describe this evolution of CRRT, and it will focus on where the “search for the best” might take this therapy in the next few years.
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Ronco, C., Brendolan, A., Bellomo, R. (1998). Current technology for continuous renal replacement therapies. In: Critical Care Nephrology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5482-6_108
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