Timing of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury-an issue of importance?

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Editorial

Melanie Meersch et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):2301-2304.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.09.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

AZ has received grant support and lecture fees from Astute Medical and lecture fees from Fresenius. MM received lecture fees from Astute Medical.

Effect of Early vs Delayed Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: The ELAIN Randomized Clinical Trial.
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