Techniques
Filter & Circuit Patency
- Visual Checks
- Access pressures
- Filtration fraction
Filter Efficacy
- FUN/BUN ratio
Anticoagulant Effect
- UFH: ACT post-filter / aPTT
- LMWH: anti-Xa
- Citrate: systemic and post-filter ionised calcium
- Prostacyclin: thromboelastography
- Lepuridin: aPTT
- Bivalirudin: apTT
Complications
- Bleeding
- Systemic anticoagulation
- HIT
- Metabolic problems