Exchange transfusion as rescue therapy in a severely ill premature child with acute renal failure
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Gamze Demirel & Omer Erdeve & Nurdan Uras & Serife Suna Oguz & Ugur Dilmen
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Sirs, Acute renal failure (ARF) affects 8–24% of babies admitting to neonatal intensive care units [1]. Dialysis or hemofiltration is the treatment of choice, even in premature babies. The minimum hemodialysis circuit volume is large in proportion to a baby’s blood volume. Therefore, peritoneal dialysis is preferred, even in the very low birth weight infants, but in some situations like peritonitis or after abdominal surgery, peritoneal dialysis is impossible. We report on exchange transfusion as rescue therapy for blood purification in an extremely low birth weight premature infant in whom peritoneal and hemodialysis were impossible.
Pediatr Nephrol (2011) 26:821–822 DOI 10.1007/s00467-010-1742-4 Received: 6 November 2010 / Revised: 26 November 2010 / Accepted: 2 December 2010 / Published online: 5 January 2011
