Would you add regional citrate anticoagulation to a CRRT prescription for a patient on systemic heparin but who experiences recurrent filter clotting?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Depending on the need for CRRT vs PIRRT, if I could, I would go with PIRRT first depending on when the clotting occurs in the treatment. Our typical PIRRT treatment is 40 liters over 8 hours, and we can do that daily if needed (often at night), and it totally controls the chemistries and usually vol...