Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Impact on Mortality of the Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients With Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Septic Shock: the IDEAL-ICU Study (Initiation of Dialysis Early Versus Delayed in the Intensive Care Unit): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: The purpose of this multicentric, randomized controlled trial is to assess whether the timing of renal replacement therapy initiation (early vs delayed) has an impact on mortality at 90 days in patients with severe acute kidney injury at the failure stage (according to RIFLE criteria) during the initial phase of septic shock.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

Adults (males or females, age \>18 years) with septic shock who develop acute renal failure (as defined by the "Failure" stage of the RIFLE classification) will be eligible for inclusion.

Septic shock is defined as severe sepsis with at least 2 to 4 "SIRS" criteria and persistent hypotension despite adequate vascular filling and need vaso-active drugs.

SIRS is defined as the simultaneous presence of at least 2 of the following criteria :

* Body temperature ≥ 38°C ou ≤ 36°C
* Heart rate ≥ 90 bpm
* Respiratory rate ≥ 20/mn or PaCO2 ≤ 32 mmHg
* Leucocytes ≥ 12,000/mm3 or ≤ 4,000/mm3 or \>10% immature forms.

Acute renal insufficiency is defined as the "failure" stage of the RIFLE classification, i.e. the presence of at least one of the following criteria:

* Increased creatinine x 3 times the baseline value
* Oliguria \< 0.3 ml/kg/h for 12 hours
* Anuria (diuresis \< 100ml) for at least 12 hours

All patients are required to provide informed consent after having been appropriately informed about the study. In case of temporary incapacity of the patient to sign, the consent form can be signed by a surrogate.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients presenting any of the following criteria will not be eligible for inclusion in the study:

1. Patients with chronic renal at dialysis.
2. Patients presenting acute renal failure of type obstructive and patients already presenting emergency criteria for immediate hemodialysis at the time of randomization (i.e. hyperkalemia \>6.5 mmol/L or pH\<7.15 or pulmonary oedema by fluid overload)
3. Patients already had hemodialysis before their arrival in the intensive care unit
4. Pregnant women.
5. Moribund patients whose life expectancy is less than 24 hours
6. Patients unlikely to survive to 28 days because of uncontrollable comorbidities (e.g. cardiac, pulmonary or hepatic disease at the terminal stage, hepatorenal syndrome, uncontrolled cancer, severe post-anorexic encephalopathy...)
7. Patients with advance directives indicating their wish not to be resuscitated.
8. Patients under legal guardianship.
9. Patients participing in another interventional study that may influence the prognosis of patients.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

* (recent) bleeding or a suspicion of bleeding necessitating transfusion,
* need of therapeutic anticoagulation or
* (suspected) heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. The treating clinician believes that the patient requires CRRT for acute renal failure.
2. The clinician is uncertain about the balance of benefits and risks likely to be conferred by treatment with higher intensity or lower intensity CRRT.
3. The treating clinicians anticipate treating the patient with CRRT for at least 72 hours.
4. Informed consent has been obtained
5. The patient fulfils ONE of the following clinical criteria for initiating CRRT:

   * Oliguria (urine output \< 100ml/6hr) that has been unresponsive to fluid resuscitation measures.
   * Hyperkalemia (\[K+\] \> 6.5 mmol/L).
   * Severe acidemia (pH \< 7.2).
   * Urea \> 25 mmol/liter.
   * Creatinine \>300 micromol/L in the setting of ARF.
   * Clinically significant organ oedema in the setting of ARF (eg: lung).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient age is \<18 years.
2. Death is imminent (\<24 hours).
3. There is a strong likelihood that the study treatment would not be continued in accordance with the study protocol.
4. The patient has been treated with CRRT or other dialysis previously during the same hospital admission.
5. The patient was on maintenance dialysis prior to the current hospitalisation.
6. The patient's body weight is \<60 kg or \>100kg.
7. Any other major illness that, in the investigator's judgment, will substantially increase the risk associated with the subject's participation in this study.
D: Inclusion criteria The following five criteria are required for inclusion

1. Hospitalized in intensive care unit
2. Age ≥ 18 years
3. Acute kidney injury compatible with the diagnosis of acute tubular necrosis defined by a clinical ischemic or toxic insult context
4. Have an AKI classified as RIFLE F, that is to say, with at least one of the following three criteria:

   * creatinine\> 354 mmol / l or \> 3 times the baseline creatinine
   * anuria for more than 12 hours
   * oliguria defined as urine output \< 0.3 ml / kg / h or \< 500ml/d for more than 24 hours
5. Mechanical ventilation and/or catecholamines infusion (noradrenaline or/and adrenaline)

Non-inclusion criteria

One or more of the following criteria:

* Chronic renal failure (defined as creatinine clearance \< 30 ml / min)
* Patients already enrolled in the study
* Inclusion criteria number 4 present for more than 5 hours
* Acute renal failure due to:

  * urinary tract obstruction
  * renal vessels obstruction
  * tumor lysis syndrome
  * thrombotic microangiopathy
  * acute glomerulonephritis
* Intoxication with a dialyzable product
* Child-Pugh class C liver cirrhosis
* Renal transplant
* Cardiac arrest without awakening at time of potential inclusion
* Moribund state
* Decision to limit treatment
* RRT already started for the current episode of AKI
* Presenting (at the time of potential inclusion) a strong indication for immediate RRT

  * oligoanuria for more than 3 days
  * serum urea concentration \> 40 mmol / l serum potassium concentration \> 6 mmol /L, serum potassium concentration \> 5.5 mmol /L that persists despite well-conducted medical treatment with at least sodium bicarbonate and / or glucose-insulin infusion, arterial pH \< 7.15 in the context of pure metabolic acidosis (PaCO2 \<35 mmHg) or in the context of mixed acidosis with PaCO2\> 50 mmHg without possibility of lowering this PaCO2 value, acute overload pulmonary edema generating severe hypoxemia requiring oxygen flow\> 5L/min in spontaneously breathing patients or FiO2\> 50% in mechanically (invasive or noninvasive) ventilated to maintain SpO2\> 95%, despite diuretic therapy.
* Under cardiopulmonary bypass
* Included in another clinical trial on RRT modalities.

Answer: A