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