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Section Type: METHODS

Text: We randomly treated 39 ventilated critically ill patients with oliguric acute renal failure with either continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH ; n = 19 ; age, 50. 1 + / - 3. 2 years ; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Assessment II [APACHE II] score, 32. 3 + / - 1. 2 ; 79 % sepsis) and a substitution fluid rate of at least 30 mL/kg/h for 24 hours or with extended dialysis for 12 hours (n = 20 ; age, 50. 8 + / - 3. 6 years ; APACHE II score, 33. 6 + / - 1. 0 ; 85 % sepsis).