American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Efficacy and cardiovascular tolerability of extended dialysis in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled study.
Extended dialysis is an increasingly used modality of renal replacement therapy that theoretically offers advantages of both intermittent and continuous therapies in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Extended dialysis combines excellent detoxification with cardiovascular tolerability, even in severely ill patients in the ICU. The technically simple dialysis system used offers flexibility of treatment time.