Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Outcome in Patients With Severe Acute RespiratoryFailure Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Critical Care Medicine, September 2015 - Volume 43 - Issue 9 - p 1898–1906

Haneya, A et al

Objectives: Extracorporeal lung support is currently used in the treatment of patients with severe respiratory failure until organ recovery and as a bridge to further therapeutic modalities. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of acute kidney injury on outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome under venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and to analyze the association between prognosis and the time of occurrence of acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy initiation. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: A large European extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center, University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany. Patients: A total of 262 consecutive adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome have been treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation between January 2007 and May 2012.