Sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED)

Sustained low efficiency dialysis or SLED, is viable alternative to traditional continuous renal replacement therapies for critically ill patients.

Sustained low efficiency dialysis or SLED, is viable alternative to traditional continuous renal replacement therapies for critically ill patients.

Advantages:

• Slow, low flux, comfortable and tolerable dialysis.
• Efficient clearance of small solutes
• Good hemodynamic tolerability
• Flexible treatment schedules
• This form of treatment is a more viable alternative to traditional methods, in the case of critically ill patients