Timing of RRT initiation in critically-ill patients: time for precision medicine

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, CHU Lille, Lille, France.
² Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.

Editorial

Eric Kipnis et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1242-E1243.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.47.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, CHU Lille, Lille, France.
² Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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