A patient is admitted with sepsis and acute kidney injury (AKI).The patient is started on continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).The nurse knows that fluid that is removed each hour is charted as what on the CRRT flowsheet?

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The fluid that is removed each hour is not called urine; it is known as ultrafiltrate.Typically,some of the ultrafiltrate is replaced through the continuous renal replacement therapy circuit by a sterile replacement fluid.Diffusion is the movement of solutes along a concentration gradient from a high concentration to a low concentration across a semipermeable membrane.Convection occurs when a pressure gradient is set up so that the water is pushed or pumped across the dialysis filter and carries the solutes from the bloodstream with it.

A Patient Is Admitted with Sepsis and Acute Kidney Injury