Too early initiation of renal replacement therapy may be harmful

Christophe Vinsonneau and Mehran Monchi, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Melun General Hospital, 2, rue Freteau de Peny, 77000 Melun, France

Critical Care 2011, 15:112doi:10.1186/cc9405
Published: 26 January 2011

Abstract

"In an observational multicenter study, Elseviers and colleagues report that renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acutely ill patients treated for acute kidney injury is an independent risk factor for death. This result may question the benefit of the current practice of early RRT initiation."