Dialysis Complications in AKI Patients Treated with Extended Daily Dialysis: Is the Duration of Therapy Important?

Table 6

Initial and final dose of vasoactive drugs and blood pressure according to the different duration of sessions.

	G1 = 6 h ( sessions)			G2 = 10 h ( sessions)			value
	S1 ()	S2 ()	S3 ()	S1 ()	S2 ()	S3 ()
Initial VAD	0.55 ± 0.5^d	0.68 ± 0.6^d	0.52 ± 0.3^d	0.53 ± 0.2^a,d	0.59 ± 0.4^b,d	0.61 ± 0.4^c,d	NS
Final VAD	0.70 ± 0.5	0.78 ± 0.7	0.64 ± 0.5	0.74 ± 0.4^a	0.75 ± 0.6^b	0.70 ± 0.5^c	NS
SBP start	118 ± 23^e	128 ± 28^e	113 ± 27^e	128 ± 23^a,e	114 ± 29^b,e	128 ± 26^c,e	NS
DBP start	67 ± 16^f	64 ± 16^f	56 ± 14^f	68 ± 15^a,f	64 ± 18^b,f	68 ± 13^c,f	NS
SBP end	114 ± 26	121 ± 27	136 ± 13	124 ± 22^a	133 ± 23^b	123 ± 17^c	NS
DBP end	63 ± 16	65 ± 15	69 ± 17	68 ± 15^a	73 ± 15^b	67 ± 9^c	NS

Amounts shown in mean and standard deviation.
VAD: vasoactive drug, EDD: extended daily dialysis, SBP: systolic blood pressure, and DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
^aSimilar to S1 of G1.
^bSimilar to S2 of G1.
^cSimilar to S3 of G1.
^dDifferent from VAD end, .
^eDifferent from SBP end, .
^fDifferent from DBP end, .
NS: not significant ().