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01-02-2004 | Poster presentation
Outcome in critically ill medical patients requiring renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure: comparison between patients with and without hematologic malignancies
Authors:
D Benoit, E Hoste, P Depuydt, F Offner, N Lameire, J Decruyenaere, K Vandewoude, F Colardyn
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2004
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Excerpt
Starting renal replacement therapy (RRT) for acute renal failure in critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) is controversial because of the poor outcome and high costs. The aim of this study was to compare the outcome of critically ill patients requiring RRT with and without HM as well as to assess whether the presence of HM is independently related to a higher mortality in this population. …