Renal replacement therapy

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In medicine, renal replacement therapy is "procedures which temporarily or permanently remedy insufficient cleansing of body fluids by the kidneys."[1]

Renal replacement therapy may be used as treatment for acute kidney injury[2] or chronic kidney disease.

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  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Renal replacement therapy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network, Palevsky PM, Zhang JH, O'Connor TZ, Chertow GM, Crowley ST, Choudhury D, Finkel K, Kellum JA, Paganini E, Schein RM, Smith MW, Swanson KM, Thompson BT, Vijayan A, Watnick S, Star RA, Peduzzi P. Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 3;359(1):7-20. Epub 2008 May 20. PMID 18492867
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