Table 2 Recommendations for change of citrate flow based on post filter ionized calcium (iCa) concentration in Ci-Ca® CVVHD and percentage of study samples in each category depending on the instrument used for iCa measurement
Post filter iCa (mmol/L) | Change in citrate dose (citrate/blood) | GEM4000 (%) | pHOx (%) | Prime (%) | ABL90 (%) | Cobas b 123 (%) | RAPID point 500 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
>0.45 | Increased by 0.3 mmol/La | 0 | 28 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
0.40–0.45 | Increased by 0.2 mmol/L | 6 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 11 |
0.35–0.45 | Increased by 0.1 mmol/L | 6 | 42 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 11 |
0.24–0.35 | No change | 30 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 49 |
0.20–0.24 | Decreased by 0.1 mmol/L | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
0.15–0.19 | Decreased by 0.2 mmol/L | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
<0.15 | Decreased by 0.3 mmol/La | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |