Citrate Versus Heparin in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy :

"The investigators collected patient's plasma at study start (day 0) and at day 3, 5, 7, 14, 28) .Samples were used to measure inflammatory markers (Il 6, IL 8, IL 10 and TNFα) .~. Markers of dialysis efficiency (BUN, creatinine) and other parameters related to AKI (acid base status, calcium, phosphorus, hemoglobin). The recorded variables also included adverse events, dialysis clotting, hemodynamic status, duration of mechanical ventilation, inotropic support. The hemodynamic parameters were monitored by EV 1000 clinical platform .The investigators measured cardiac performance data, which includes cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI), stroke volume (SV), and stroke volume indexes (SVI). Moreover, it also provides information about systemic vascular resistance (SVR). Thus, patient hemodynamic parameters as mentioned above were measured at the following 6 time-point: after the initiation of CRRT (T1), every 6 hours later for 24 hours (T2, T3, T4, T5), and at hour-72 (T6)."