Fluid Overload/Pulmonary Edema

BOSTON — While both fast and slow net ultrafiltration rates correlate with mortality in critically ill patients with AKI, the best rate remains unknown, according to a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and fluid overload are at risk for cardiovascular events and kidney disease progression due to an association with a reverse-dipping blood pressure pattern, according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.