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. 2016 Aug 3;3:33. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2016.00033

Table 4.

Summary of publications assessing renal replacement therapy in patients with cancer admitted into ICU.

Reference Population N RRT Mortality Prognostic factors for hospital mortality
Mixed population (solid and hematological tumors, including bone marrow transplantation)
Berghmans et al. (15) Solid: 50% 32 CVVHDF ICU: 50% Number of organ failure
Hemato: 50% Hospital: 53%
BMT: 28%
Salahudeen et al. (5) Solid: 38% 199 C-SLED Day 30: 65% SOFA score, pH, mean blood pressure
Hemato: 62%
BMT: 18%
Mixed population (solid and hematological tumors, excluding bone marrow transplantation)
Maccariello et al. (13) Solid: 73% 118 IRRT daily conventional ICU: 70% Number of organ failure
Hemato: 27% IRRT daily extended Hospital: 78%
CRRT
Darmon et al. (7) Solid: 7% 94 CRRT ICU: 43.6% LOD score, late RRT (>24 h after ICU admission)
Hemato: 78% IRRT Hospital: 51.1%
Other: 15% 6 months: 65.4%
Soares et al. (14) Solid: 75% 98 IRRT conventional Hospital: 64–86%
Hemato: 25% IRRT extended
CRRT
Hematological tumors
Letourneau et al. (12) BMT: 100% 14 CVVHDF
IRRT
Lanore et al. (11) BMT: 11% 43 ICU: 72% ARF secondary to sepsis, SAPS score, mechanical ventilation support
Benoit et al. (9) BMT: 22.4% 50 IRRT ICU: 79.6%
CRRT Hospital: 83.7%
6 months: 86%

Cancer series found by PubMed search using the MESH terms “Acute kidney injury” and “Intensive care.”

RRT, renal replacement therapy; CVVHDF, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration; ICU, intensive care unit; C-SLED, sustained low efficiency dialysis in the continuous mode; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; IRRT, intermittent renal replacement therapy; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; ARF, acute renal failure.