Acute kidney injury is common in patients admitted to the ICU and is associated with high mortality. The decision to initiate renal replacement therapy (RRT) for these patients is complicated. Not only is the optimal time for starting therapy unclear, decisions to transfer patients to higher levels of care often are driven by the perceived need to initiate hemodialysis or continuous RRT.
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