Renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury from a Chinese cross-sectional study: patient, clinical, socioeconomic and health service predictors of treatment

BMC Nephrology

Research Article

Fang Wang¹  Li Wang¹  Daqing Hong¹  Yunlin Feng¹  Li Yang²  Yafang Wang² 

[1] Division of Nephrology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, 610072, Chengdu, China;Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, 100034, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;Key Laboratory of Renal Disease, Ministry of Health of China, 100034, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;

关键词: Acute kidney injury;    Hemodialysis;    Peritoneal dialysis;    Renal replacement therapy;    Developing countries;    China;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12882-017-0567-9

 received in 2017-01-15, accepted in 2017-04-22,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRenal replacement therapy (RRT) is important to support critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). This study, a part of a nation-wide survey for AKI conducted by the ISN AKF 0 by 25 China Consortium, aims to study the current RRT practical situation and problems in China.MethodsThe current study is a part of a nation-wide survey for AKI conducted by ISN AKF 0 by 25 China Consortium. The survey included 44 sites all over the country, including 22 academic hospitals in big cities and 22 local hospitals in smaller cities or rural areas. Of the 44 sites, all have access to PD and IHD, 93.5% are capable to perform CRRT. Of total 7604 AKI cases, 896 cases (11.8%) had indications for RRT and were included in the current abstract.Resultsof the 896 patients that had indications for RRT, only 59.3% received RRT. Patients who were older, male, from lower income areas, in local hospitals, or with severe comorbidities, were less likely to receive RRT. RRT treatment was associated with lower mortality (OR = 0.58, 95%CI 0.38–0.89). The RRT modalities were continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in 53.9%, intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) in 38.0%, CRRT complemented by IHD in 6.2%, CRRT complemented by peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 0.8% and PD in 1.1%. Of the subgroup of patients receiving RRT who did not have an indication for modality of CRRT, 36.8% in fact received CRRT, and their medical cost and mortality rate was higher (7944[4248, 16,055] vs. 5100[2948, 9396] US dollars, p < 0.001 and 10.6% vs. 4.4%, p = 0.047, respectively) compared with those treated with other RRT modalities).ConclusionsExtrapolated to the whole of China our results indicate that an estimated 139,000 patients with an indication of RRT are under treated without RRT over a year. Non-clinical factors influence RRT prescription for severe AKI patients. CRRT may be over-utilized in the treatment of severe AKI and the use of PD is extremely rare. These findings have implications for the effective application of medical resources in the treatment of severe AKI.

【 授权许可】

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