CRRT
Regional citrate anticoagulation — bedside guide
Illustrative starting-rate calculation for regional citrate anticoagulation; not a CRRT prescription.
Required inputs
- Blood flow Qb (mL/min)
- Citrate solution concentration (mmol/L)
- Target post-filter ionized Ca (mmol/L)
- Significant liver failure
Equation or source
Schilder L. Crit Care 2014;18:472. KDIGO 2012 AKI.
Provenance and release status
- Equation / algorithm
- Illustrative starting-rate calculation for regional citrate anticoagulation; not a CRRT prescription.
- Formula version
- citrate-rca-v1
- Tool version
- 2.4.0
- Clinical risk class
- C. HIGH-RISK CLINICAL CALCULATOR
- Release status
- Temporarily unavailable
- Source status
- Direct primary or authoritative source identifier resolved
- Clinical review status
- Clinical verification incomplete; active calculation unavailable
- Clinical review date
- Clinical review date not yet documented
Assumptions
- Entered values and units are accurate and apply to the population described by the cited source.
- The published equation or rule is being used without a patient-specific clinical adjustment.
Important limitations
- The result is a calculated estimate, not a prescription, treatment order, or diagnosis.
- Local protocols, the full clinical context, and the primary source must be checked before use.