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264. CCC:  Approach to Renal Replacement Therapy in the CICU with Dr. Joel Topf

Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

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Is There a Benefit to Starting Dialysis Early?

Is there a benefit to actually starting dialysis early in anticipation of needing it? Or later, when the patient actually develops an absolute indication? And is there any data behind this? Yeah. This is an area that's been investigated and investigated and investigated. There are four well-known trials about this: Kiki, then a Kiki 2, start and or start AKI, and then one called Elaine. Three of them are in agreement and Elaine is the only one that's out there.

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