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Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy

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Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication among critically ill patients supported in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting [1]. Recent epidemiologic data indicate the incidence of AKI is increasing and may characterize the ICU course in up to two-thirds of patients [2–5]. Among those with more severe AKI or those with complications attributable to AKI, renal replacement therapy (RRT) is commonly initiated [6, 7].

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  1. Department of Critical Care and Nephrology, Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK

    Marlies Ostermann MD, PhD

  2. Division of Nephrology, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1 W8, Canada

    Ron Wald MD

  3. Intensive Care Units, Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, 340, Haartmaninkatu 4, 00290, Helsinki, Finland

    Ville Pettilä MD, PhD

  4. Division of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, 2-124E, Clinical Sciences Building, 8440-112 ST NW, EdmontON, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada

    Sean M. Bagshaw MD, MSc, FRCPC

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  2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Anaesthesia Critical Care Collaborative, Research Group (SPACeR) and Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS, Foundation Trust, Surrey Perioperative, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

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  4. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Ostermann, M., Wald, R., Pettilä, V., Bagshaw, S.M. (2015). Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy. In: Oudemans-van Straaten, H., Forni, L., Groeneveld, A., Bagshaw, S., Joannidis, M. (eds) Acute Nephrology for the Critical Care Physician. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17389-4_12

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