Intensity of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: perspective from within the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study
Palevsky PM, O'Connor TZ, Chertow GM, Crowley ST, Zhang JH, Kellum JA, the US Department of Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network. Intensity of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: perspective from within the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study. Critical Care 2009, 13: 310. PMID: 19678919, PMCID: PMC2750132, DOI: 10.1186/cc7901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryRenal replacement therapyAcute Renal Failure Trial Network studyKidney injuryReplacement therapyStudy therapyRenal supportHealth Acute Renal Failure Trial Network studyVeterans Affairs/National InstitutesCause mortalityIll patientsKidney functionContinuous modalitiesStudy investigatorsOptimal doseClinical practiceTherapyVolume managementInjuryNational InstituteNetwork studiesHypotensionPatientsStudy resultsMortalityAcute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit
Crowley ST, Peixoto AJ. Acute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit. Clinics In Chest Medicine 2009, 30: 29-43. PMID: 19186279, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2008.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryKidney injuryManagement of AKIPrognosis of AKITreatment of AKIIntensive insulin therapyUse of erythropoietinIntensive care unitBetter differential diagnosisInsulin therapyRenal functionDialysis modalityIll patientsCare unitDifferential diagnosisDialysis doseNovel biomarkersEarly identificationBioartificial kidneyDiagnosisInjuryModest changesPatientsPrognosisTherapy