The Interdisciplinary Team and the Patient: Working Together to Achieve Buy-In for a UF Rate Less Than 13 mL/Kg/Hr.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) metric for reporting ultrafiltration (UF) recommends limiting UF at a range of 10 to 13 mL/Kg/Hr to avoid organ stunning. All organ stunning has an impact on patient quality of life (QoL). As this new standard of UF is implemented, the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and the patient must work together toward achieving a less than 13 mL/Kg/Hr UF buy-in.