Fig. 1. Flow diagram of patient selection and outcomes. A total of 640 ICU patients who received CRRT for severe AKI between August 2007 and September 2009 were initially analyzed. We excluded 89 patients because they died within the first 24 hours of CRRT, were less than 18 years of age, were on chronic dialysis, or were diagnosed with terminal malignancy which was considering less than 3 month-life expectancy. In the final analysis, 551 patients were enrolled and investigated. ICU, intensive care; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; AKI, acute kidney injury; non-SCT, conventional team approach; SCT, specialized CRRT team.
