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Table 4 Dialysis equipment and nursing time per patient.

From: Sustained low efficiency dialysis using a single-pass batch system in acute kidney injury - a randomized interventional trial: the REnal Replacement Therapy Study in Intensive Care Unit PatiEnts

 

SLED (n = 115)

CVVH (n = 117)

P*

Number of membranes used

14.3 ± 15.3

7.56 ± 8.54

< 0.001

Number of dialysis catheters used

1.74 ± 1.44

1.70 ± 1.89

0.294

Nursing time spent (minutes)

   

< 1

9.36 ± 14.7

14.3 ± 41.9

0.131

1 to 5

3.64 ± 4.63

6.75 ± 13.2

0.136

> 5

7.24 ± 9.51

12.1 ± 17.0

< 0.001

  1. *One-tailed Wilcoxon test. SLED: sustained low efficiency dialysis; CVVH: continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.
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