Early versus Late start of dialysis in patients with acute kidney failure
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Acute Kidney Injury
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/12/002255
- Lead Sponsor
- Seth GS Medical college and KEM Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Patients referred for nephrology consultation meeting following criteria will be eligible for inclusion:
•Patients of either sex more than 12 years of age willing to consent
•Patients with threefold increase in the serum creatinine or GFR decrease by 75 percent or urine output of <0.3 mL/kg per hour for 24 hours, or anuria for 12 hours
Exclusion Criteria
•Patients needing emergency dialysis which will include:
-Refractory fluid overload
-Hyperkalemia >6mEq/l unresponsive to medical management
-Signs of uremia, such as pericarditis, neuropathy, or an otherwise unexplained decline in mental status
-Metabolic acidosis (pH less than 7.1)
•Patient under 12 years of age
•Unwilling to consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method renal and patient survivalTimepoint: hospital stay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method time to renal recovery, bleeding, infections and nutritional statusTimepoint: hospital stay