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A comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Constantine J Karvellas1, Maha R Farhat2, Imran Sajjad3, Simon S Mogensen4, Alexander A Leung5, Ron Wald6 and Sean M Bagshaw1*

1 Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, 3C1.12 Walter C. Mackenzie Centre, 8440-122 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G2B7, Canada

2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, PBB - CA 3, Boston, MA 02115, USA

3 Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

4 Department of Anaesthesia, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark

5 Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada

6 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada

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Critical Care 2011, 15:R72 doi:10.1186/cc10061

Published: 25 February 2011

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