Tag: Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury

February 22, 2020

Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill children and affects nearly 30–40% of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). Even with technological advances in critical care and dialysis, there is a high mortality rate of 66.8% to 90% in ICU patients. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is often performed to treat

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