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