Skip to main content

Table 3 Order chart for achieving hourly fluid balance

From: Fluid overload in the ICU: evaluation and management

Technique

Dialysate flow rate (Qd)

Replacement fluid flow rate (Qr)

Ultrafiltration flow rate (Quf)

Effluent flow rate (Qeff)

Substitution fluid flow rate (Qs)

using an external IV pump

Machine fluid balance (NetUF)

aCVVHDF

1000 mL/h

500 mL/h

1000 mL/h

2500 mL/h

Varying rate from 200 to 1000 mL/h,

−300 mL/h

  1. a CVVHDF continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration