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. 2021 Apr 1;49(4):e463-e464.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004860.

Plasma Metformin Levels at Almost 24 Hours Would Help With the Delicate Decision to Start Renal Replacement Therapy: We Disagree as Lactate That Is More Widely and Early Available Should Be a Much Better Trigger to Start Renal Replacement Therapy!

Patrick M Honore  1 , Sebastien Redant, Keitiane Kaefer, Luc Kugener, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels
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Plasma Metformin Levels at Almost 24 Hours Would Help With the Delicate Decision to Start Renal Replacement Therapy: We Disagree as Lactate That Is More Widely and Early Available Should Be a Much Better Trigger to Start Renal Replacement Therapy!

Patrick M Honore et al. Crit Care Med. .
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  • The authors reply.
    Bennis Y, De Broe ME, Lalau JD. Bennis Y, et al. Crit Care Med. 2021 Apr 1;49(4):e464-e465. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004902. Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 33731624 No abstract available.

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