Clinical Case Scenario
A patient in the intensive care unit with septic shock and acute kidney injury is receiving continuous Veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH). Over the past few hours, the treating team has become concerned about rising filter pressures and possible early filter clotting. The CRRT machine displays the following pressures:
- Filter pressure: 180 mmHg
- Return pressure: 90 mmHg
- Effluent pressure: 20 mmHg
What is the transmembrane pressure?
