Acute kidney injury: Timing of renal replacement therapy in AKI

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 445 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.92 Authors: Sean M. Bagshaw & Ron Wald Uncertainty exists regarding the optimal timing of initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury in the absence of urgent or life-threatening complications. Two high-profile trials — AKIKI and ELAIN — that aimed to address this issue have recently reported conflicting findings.
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