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Published in: Critical Care 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Letter

Early mobilization on continuous renal replacement therapy is safe and may improve filter life

Author: Frederic M Jacobs

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2015

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In their study Wang and colleagues [1] found that mobilization during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is safe, and did not lead to filter circuit clotting. However, I feel that this work raises two remarks. …
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Metadata
Title
Early mobilization on continuous renal replacement therapy is safe and may improve filter life
Author
Frederic M Jacobs
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-0781-4

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