Timing of dialysis initiation in critically ill patients is controversial. The STARRT-AKI trial reports that an accelerated initiation strategy did not improve 90-day survival and increased dialysis dependency compared with… Click to show full abstract
Timing of dialysis initiation in critically ill patients is controversial. The STARRT-AKI trial reports that an accelerated initiation strategy did not improve 90-day survival and increased dialysis dependency compared with a standard approach in which patients had greater fluid accumulation and metabolic complications at initiation but 38% avoided dialysis.
               
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