Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury
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Renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury.
The treatment of established acute kidney injury (AKI) is largely supportive in nature. Renal replacement therapy remains the cornerstone of management for the minority of patients who have severe AKI. Optimization of renal replacement therapy may modulate the high mortality associated with AKI. Recent trials indicated that continuous renal replacement therapy does not confer a survival advanta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephron Clinical Practice
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1660-2110,1660-2110
DOI: 10.1159/000224788