Selection and Receipt of Kidney Replacement in Critically Ill Older Patients with AKI.
Sean M BagshawNeill K J AdhikariKaren E A BurnsJan O FriedrichJosee BouchardFrancois LamontagneLauralyn A McIntryeJean-François CailhierPeter DodekHenry T StelfoxMargaret HerridgeStephen LapinskyJohn MuscedereJames BartonDonald GriesdaleMark SothAlthea AmbostaGerald LebovicRon Waldnull nullPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2019)
Most older, critically ill patients with severe AKI were perceived as candidates for kidney replacement therapy, and approximately one half received therapy. Both willingness to offer kidney replacement therapy and reasons for not starting showed heterogeneity due to a range in patient-specific factors and clinician perceptions of benefit.