About 10% of patients in the intensive care unit which develop acute renal failure will depend on renal replacement therapy. Although there are no data showing reduction in mortality when compared with intermittent therapy, continuous therapies provide higher cumulative doses of dialysis and greater hemodynamic stability. However, have high costs and are not available in many centers. In this context the Extended Hemodialysis gaining ground in clinical practice because it combines the hemodynamic tolerability, slow and sustained solute control and effective doses of continuous dialysis therapies associated with reduced costs and logistics facilities of intermittent therapy.
acute kidney injury; dialysis; Intensive Care Units
