CLINICAL STUDY OF INTRAOPERATIVE ECUM FOR 5 PATIENTS WITH RENAL FAILURE

Abstract

Investigated was the effectiveness of ECUM during CPB to manage the kidney function of the cardiac surgical patients with renal failure. Mean removal of water and solute by ECUM was 67.3ml/kg and215.8mOsm and average ECUM-to-urine excretion ratio of water and solute was 9.7 and 10.7 respectively and reduction of plasma osmolarity (azotemia) was observed in these patients. Patients with chronicrenal failure tend to be olyguria in both hyper- and hypo-osmolar condition. So the reduction of exessive solute/water intake during CPB by ECUM is important in patients whose urine is watery and little.