• Crit Care · Jan 2011

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    Too early initiation of renal replacement therapy may be harmful.

    • Christophe Vinsonneau.
    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Melun General Hospital, 2, rue Freteau de Peny, 77000 Melun, France. christophe.vinsonneau@ch-melun.fr
    • Crit Care. 2011 Jan 1;15(1):112.

    AbstractIn an observational multicenter study, Elseviers and colleagues report that renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acutely ill patients treated for acute kidney injury is an independent risk factor for death. This result may question the benefit of the current practice of early RRT initiation.

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