Abstract
Globally, critical care environments within health care organizations strive to provide optimal quality renal replacement therapy (RRT), an artificial replacement for lost kidney function. Examination of RRT delivery model literature and a case study review of the multidisciplinary-mixed RRT delivery model utilized within a closed medical surgical intensive care unit illustrates the organizational and clinical management of specialized resource and multidisciplinary roles. The successful utilization of a specific RRT delivery model is dependent upon resource availability.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Canada / epidemiology
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Critical Care / organization & administration*
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Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units / organization & administration
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality
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Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
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Middle Aged
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Models, Organizational
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Nephrology / organization & administration*
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Organizational Case Studies
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Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
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Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / organization & administration
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Quality of Health Care / organization & administration*
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Renal Replacement Therapy / methods*
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Resource Allocation / organization & administration
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Survival Rate
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Treatment Outcome
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United States / epidemiology