Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 488-492, September 2008

Technical Considerations for Renal Replacement Therapy in Children

  • Timothy E. Bunchman, MD

      Affiliations

    • DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
    • ,
  • Patrick D. Brophy, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
    • ,
  • Stuart L. Goldstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin St, MC 3-2482, Houston, TX 77030

Summary 

Provision of renal replacement therapy to the critically ill child entails numerous technical and prescriptive considerations because pediatric nephrologists and intensive care physicians are faced with patients ranging in size from 2-kg neonates to 200-kg adolescents or young adults. The current article focuses on the common technical and prescriptive issues that inform the care of children with acute kidney injury.

Keywords: Dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, acute renal failure, children

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PII: S0270-9295(08)00117-4

doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.05.009

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 488-492, September 2008

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