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Table 1 Summary of study designs, outcomes, and definitions of HIRRT

From: Interventions to prevent hemodynamic instability during renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: a systematic review

Study

Setting and country

Intervention

Study design

Sample size

Mean age

Male (%)

Primary outcome(s)

HIRRT definition

Intermittent hemodialysis

Lynch (2016) [21]

USA

Single center

Medical/surgical

ICU

Dialysate Na+ modeling

Retrospective cohort

n = 191

RRT = 892 (242/892 Na modeling)

62 ± 17

60.7

In-hospital death or dialysis dependence at dischargeHIRRT

SBP < 80 mmHg, or 50 mmHg drop from pre-HD BP, and/or start of vasopressor during HD

du Cheyron (2013) [20]

France

Single center

Medical ICU

Blood volume and temperature control

RCT

n = 74

RRT = 574

65 ± 10

68

HIRRTArrhythmias

RRT-related complication

SBP < 90 mmHg justifying intervention

du Cheyron (2010) [19]

France

Single center Medical ICU

Blood volume and temperature control

Prospective cohort

n = 62

RRT = 572

60 (57–70)

48.4

HIRRTInterventionsArrhythmias

SBP < 90 mmHg or fall > 40 mmHg

Schortgen (2000) [22]

France

Single center

Medical ICU

“Guidelines” for IDH in AKI

Retrospective cohort

n = 121

RRT = 537

57–60 ± 15

25.6

HIRRT, intervention, length of stay, mortality

SBP drop > 10% from baseline or infusion need

Paganini (1996) [26]

USA

Single center

ICU*

Variable dialysate Na+ and UF modeling

RCT with crossover design

n = 10

RRT = 60

64.2 ± 13.7

80

HemodynamicsVolume removal, blood volume change

Interventions: volume ± vasopressors

Sustained low-efficiency dialysis

Albino (2014) [24]

Brazil

Single center ICU*

Duration of dialysis: 6 vs 10 h

RCT

n = 75

RRT = 195

61.8 ± 15.1

70.6

HIRRT, renal recovery, mortality

SBP < 90 mmHg

MAP < 60 mmHg

Lima (2012) [23]

Brazil

Single center

Medical ICU

Lower temperature, dialysate Na+ and UF profiling

RCT

n = 39

RRT = 62

58 ± 16

67.7

HIRRT, length of stay, mortality

SBP < 90 mmHg

MAP < 60 mmHg

Interventions

Continuous renal replacement therapy

Robert (2012) [25]

France

Single center

Medical/surgical

ICU

Temperature

RCT with crossover design

n = 30

time = 12 h

66.5 ± 10.3

70

Hemodynamic tolerance

Fall in MAP > 20% or intervention

Eastwood (2012) [18]

Australia

Single center

ICU*

CRRT pump speed

Prospective cohort

n = 21

RRT = 41 starts

58+/−19.9

48

Hemodynamic parameters

Vasopressors, fluid bolus at 10, 30 min

Hypotension not defined

  1. *Type of ICU (medical, surgical, or both) not specified
  2. All included patients had acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with sepsis, and were on a norepinephrine infusion (0.3–0.7 μg/kg/min)
  3. CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, HD hemodialysis, HIRT hemodynamic instability during renal replacement therapy, MAP mean arterial pressure, Na+ sodium, RCT randomized controlled trial, RRT renal replacement therapy, SBP systolic blood pressure, SLED sustained low-efficiency dialysis, UF ultrafiltration