Has anyone EVER seen a patient come off CRRT alive?

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The hospital where I work recently hired a nephrologist who sometimes orders this. We have NEVER seen a patient who had this treatment leave the hospital alive; the fact that they were moribund when they went on this may be a factor but we're all thinking that SOMEONE must have had this treatment and gone home afterwards or they wouldn't order it.

Anyone wish to comment?

Sooner Started Better Results. Our Unit Uses It All The Time, Many,many Went Home. I'm In Micu.

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Specializes in Picu, ICU, Burn.

We used it when I worked burn until we could nurse them back to health. One patient we had for a good 6 months on the unit who was on crrt for a while was discharged and I had him as a patient 7 years later at another hospital for an unrelated issue.

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Specializes in Picu, ICU, Burn.

I just noticed this thread is almost a year old..someone must have been diggin deep in the archives lol

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