Clinical Study
A Retrospective Review of the Use of Regional Citrate Anticoagulation in Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration for Critically Ill Patients
Table 2
Acid-base profile of the four patients with citrate accumulation during citrate CRRT.
| | Circuit time (hr) | Base excess changes over time |
Anion gap |
Total Ca/iCa |
Bilirubin (umol/L) | Baseline BE | 4 hrs | 8 hrs | 12 hrs | 16 hrs | 20 hrs | 24 hrs |
| Patient 1 | 9.6 | −12 | −6 | −8 | −10 | | | | 29 | 4.1 | 27 | Patient 2 | 24 | −3 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −5 | −4 | −1.2 | 27 | 2.9 | 61 | Patient 3 | 9.8 | −17 | −15 | −16 | | | | | 32 | 2.4 | 54 | Patient 4 | 16 | −14 | −11 | −11 | −13 | | | | 36 | 2.5 | 5 |
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