Intensity of Continuous Renal-Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

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Authors

The RENAL Replacement Therapy Study Investigators · Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society

Abstract

In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, treatment with higher-intensity continuous renal-replacement therapy did not reduce mortality at 90 days. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00221013.)

Topics & Keywords

Acute Kidney Injury Research Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 361, Issue 17, pp. 1627-1638

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0902413

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