Acute Kidney Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Acute kidney injury, Continuous renal replacement therapy, Furosemide stress test, Critical care, CRRT
Brief summary
Currently, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is the main modality for renal support in critically ill patients with hemodynamic instability. Most studies have investigated the timing of RRT initiation. However, prolonged CRRT demonstrated the association of many unexpected events, such as catheter-related complications, catheter-related blood stream infection, hypotension, hypothermia, tachycardia, and atrial fibrillation. Up to now, there is a lack of evidence regarding the timing of withholding CRRT. The furosemide stress test (FST) is a tool that is easy to use and has more availability. The investigators aimed to apply FST to evaluate renal recovery compared with standard treatment in critically ill patients undergoing CRRT.
Interventions
After taking furosemide at 1.5 mg/kg intravenously, if the urine output exceeds 200 mL within 2 hours, the patients are going to withhold CRRT. But if there is no response, the titration of furosemide to 2.5 mg/kg and 3.5 mg/kg every 6 hours is scheduled according to the urine output \>200 mL in 2 hours (not exceeding 250 mg).
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Adult 20 year of age or older * Acute kidney injury (AKI) stage 3 according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) classification with oliguria (urine \<400 ml/day) * Initiate CRRT in ICU (medical ICU, surgical ICU, cardiac care unit) for at least 48 hours (time for initiation and modality of CRRT can adjust by clinician)
Exclusion criteria
* Use any inotropic drug (norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine) * Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) \>80 mg/dL * Serum K \<3.5 or \>5 mmol/L * Arterial potential of Hydrogen (pH) \<7.3 * Serum bicarbonate (HCO3) \<15 mmol/L * Urine volume \<400 or \>2,100 mL/day * Urine creatinine clearance (CrCl) at 6 hours \>20 mL/min * Previous chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 5 or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<15 mL/min/1.73 m2 * Previous RRT within 14 days * Kidney transplantation * Obstructive etiology for AKI * Toxin/drug that necessitates RRT * Allergy to furosemide * Moribund with expected death within 24 hours * Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| % of patients with Renal recovery | 5 days | Free of RRT for at least 5 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| % of patients with Mortality | 28 days | 28 days all cause mortality and in-hospital mortality |
| RRT free days | 28 days | No need to restart RRT |
| Day of Hospitalization | 28 days | Length of hospital stay and ICU stay |
| Ventilator-free day | 28 days | Number of mechanical ventilator-free day |
| % of complication | 28 days | CRBSI, electrolyte imbalance, urine output |
| Cost of RRT during hospitalization | 28 days | The cost of RRT since the initiation until the end of RRT during hospitalization in US dollar and Thai Baht unit |
Countries
Thailand