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. 2026 Sep 28;30:501. doi: 10.1186/s13054-026-06352-8

Table 1.

Comparison of studies with available data for < 13 mL/kg/hr of delivered CRRT dose-intensity

Okamoto et al. [2] Faria and Libório [3] Tran et al. [7]
Setting

• Retrospective study

• Single center

• Japan

• MIMIC IV database

• USA

• MIMIC-IV database

• USA

N 494 1329 2265
Prescribed dose (mL/kg/hr) < 13.2 (median 11.8) vs. ≥13.2 (median 16.4) - -
Delivered dose (mL/kg/hr) • 11.3 vs. 16.2

• < 20 vs. ≥20

• < 13 vs. ≥13

• Low (< 20)

• Moderate (20–25)

• High (> 25)

• Subgroup analysis: Very low (< 15) vs. other groups

Definition of dose Whole-course mean delivered dose

• Traditional Cox model: whole-course mean delivered dose

• Marginal structural model: targeting dose-intensity as as-treated time-varying exposure with weights accumulated over 3-day blocks

Whole-course mean delivered dose
Estimates

Multivariable Cox regression model:

Adjusted HR 1.73 (95% CI 1.19–2.51)

• Multivariable Cox regression model: Adjusted HR 1.70 (95% CI 1.16–2.49)

• MSM adjusted for variables collected every 3 days during CRRT: marginal structural HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.66–1.14)

Multivariable Cox regression model:

Adjusted HR 1.74 (95% CI 1.17–2.59) (< 15 mL/kg/h vs. 15-19.9 mL/kg/h group as the reference)