GNYHA hosted a webinar on April 24 on managing acute kidney injury during the COVID-19 patient surge. The webinar included the following topics:
- Managing scarce resources, including mixing dialysis
- Decision making around renal replacement modalities, including peritoneal dialysis, sustained low-efficiency daily dialysis, hemodialysis, and continuous renal replacement therapy
- Strategies for preventing clotting and selecting anticoagulants
- Considerations for proning patients, including scheduling dialysis and selecting catheter location
- Approaches to volume, electrolyte, and acid-based management
Featured speakers included the following clinicians:
- Dr. Sevag Dimirijian, Cleveland Clinic
- Dr. Jeffrey Silberzweig, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Dr. George Coritsidis, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
- Dr. David Charytan, NYU Langone Health
- Dr. Renee Garrick, Westchester Medical Center
- Dr. Savneek Chugh, Westchester Medical Center
- Dr. Alan Kliger, Yale School of Medicine:
Slides and a link to the presentation recording are available here. Additionally, please see here for a short video from the Cleveland Clinic on the Production of Continuous Hemodialysis Solution.