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Table 2 Determinants of dysfunction in PMV patients: underlying factors and acute insults

From: Impact of renal dysfunction on weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation

Underlying renal insufficiency

Acute insults

Age

Post-surgical (mostly post-CABG)

Diabetes

Cardiac arrest

Hypertension

Sepsis/MOSF

Congestive heart failure

Hypotension

Renal artery stenosis

Antibiotic toxicity

Renal allograft dysfunction

Renal allograft rejection

Glomerulonephritis

Cholesterol emboli

  1. MOSF = multiple organ system failure; PMV=prolonged mechanical ventilation; CABG=coronary artery bypass graft.
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