title: Too early initiation of renal replacement therapy may be harmful.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Melun General Hospital, 2, rue Freteau de Peny, 77000 Melun, France. christophe.vinsonneau@ch-melun.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vinsonneau
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monchi
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000401:mortality*