Rupesh Raina, Nikhil Nair, Jonathan Pelletier, Matthew Nied, Tarik Whitham, Kush Doshi, Tara Beck, Goeto Dantes, Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Yap Hui Kim, Timothy Bunchman, Kahild Alhasan, Lisa Lima, Isabella Guzzo, Dana Fuhrman, Matthew Paden
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides temporary cardiorespiratory support for neonatal, pediatric, and adult patients when traditional management has failed. This lifesaving therapy has intrinsic risks, including the development of a robust inflammatory response, acute kidney injury (AKI), fluid overload (FO), and blood loss via consumption and coagulopathy. Continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) has been proposed to reduce these side effects by mitigating the host inflammatory response and controlling FO, improving outcomes in patients requiring ECMO...
February 22, 2024: Pediatric Nephrology