Background: Continuous renal replacement therapy is used to manage fluid and solute imbalances in critically ill patients but may affect the clearance of concurrently administered drugs. The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy on pharmacokinetics has been summarized, but previous reports have included studies involving various modes of therapy, filter membranes, and brands of dialyzers, which makes it difficult to apply the recommendations to individual patients. In Canada, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) with a Prismaflex dialyzer machine (Gambro, Saint-Léonard, Quebec) and AN69 filter membranes is the most common mode of continuous renal replacement therapy for critically ill patients.
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