• 1. Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza 36100, Italy;
  • 2. Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Department of Nephrology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510282, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital North, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201801, P. R. China;
  • 6. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, P. R. China;
  • 7. Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, P. R. China;
  • 8. Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Vicenza 36100, Italy;
  • 9. Department of Health Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain, University of Florence, Florence 50100, Italy;
  • 10. Medical Affairs, Baxter Healthcare (Asia) Pte Ltd., Singapore 189720;
Claudio Ronco, Email: cronco@goldnet.it
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This article reviews Chinese nomenclature of renal replacement therapy and extracorporeal blood purification currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and other organ dysfunction syndromes in critically ill patients, based on the recent reports of a consensus expert conference of Nomenclature Standardization Initiative Alliance. We provide a detailed description of the performance characteristics of membranes, filters, transmembrane transport of solutes and fluid, flows, and methods of measurement of delivered treatment, common definitions, components, techniques, and operations of the machines and platforms as well as the renal replacement therapy techniques in detail with the relevant technologies, procedures, operations, and recent developments in other extracorporeal therapies, including therapeutic plasma exchange, multiple organ support therapy, liver support, lung support, and blood purification in sepsis. We believe this nomenclature review will serve future use of terminology in publications, research, clinical operations and therapy platforms to enable consistent data collection and comparison.

Citation: Claudio Ronco, ZHANG Ling, LU Renhua, CHANG Ping, LIU Jiao, LIU Songqiao, LU Guoping, Mauro Neri, Gianluca Villa, Anna Lorenzin, WANG Minmin. Nomenclature for renal replacement therapy and blood purification techniques in critically ill patients. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(7): 782-796. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201806040 Copy

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