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Multicenter prospective observational study on safety and efficacy of regional citrate anticoagulation in CVVHD in the presence of liver failure: the Liver Citrate Anticoagulation Threshold Study (L-CAT)

Authors: T Slowinski, S Morgera, M Joannidis, T Henneberg, R Stocker, E Helset, K Andersen, M Wehner, J Kozik-Jaromin, S Brett, J Hasslacher, JF Stover, H Peters, HH Neumayer, D Kindgen-Milles

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Regional citrate anticoagulation in continuous venovenous hemodialysis (citrate-CVVHD) has become a widely used technique in the ICU, which decreases risk of bleeding. However, concern exists about safety of citrate in liver failure patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate safety and efficacy of regional citrate anticoagulation in ICU patients with normal and impaired liver function. …
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Title
Multicenter prospective observational study on safety and efficacy of regional citrate anticoagulation in CVVHD in the presence of liver failure: the Liver Citrate Anticoagulation Threshold Study (L-CAT)
Authors
T Slowinski
S Morgera
M Joannidis
T Henneberg
R Stocker
E Helset
K Andersen
M Wehner
J Kozik-Jaromin
S Brett
J Hasslacher
JF Stover
H Peters
HH Neumayer
D Kindgen-Milles
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9547

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