Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in critically ill children with acute renal failure
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 15 (7) , 669-700
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198707000-00014
Abstract
Last year, five critically ill children with acute renal failure were treated by continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration. Mean treatment duration was 326 ± 89 (SD)h, for a total of 1632 h. Mean ultrafiltration rates of 5.4 ±1.7 ml/min m2achieved mean serum urea levels of 150 ± 25 mg/dl and a decline of mean prehemofiltration serum creatinine level of 3.5 ± 3.6 to 2.9 ± 2.0 mg/dl posthemofiltration. Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration allowed adequate parenteral nutrition with a mean caloric intake of 79.6 ± 9.2 kcal/kg day. In the four surviving patients, urinary output started between 12 and 42 days after the onset of acute renal failure. Continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration is a very effective extracorporeal therapeutic system to control azotemia, fluid, and electrolyte balance in critically ill children with acute renal failure and hemodynamic instability.Keywords
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