David M Kwiatkowski, Jeffrey A Alten, Tia T Raymond, David T Selewski, Joshua J Blinder, Natasha S Afonso, Matthew T Coghill, David S Cooper, Joshua D Koch, Catherine D Krawczeski, Kenneth E Mah, Tara M Neumayr, A K M Fazlur Rahman, Garret Reichle, Sarah Tabbutt, Tennille N Webb, Santiago Borasino
BACKGROUND: The use of peritoneal catheters for prophylactic dialysis or drainage to prevent fluid overload after neonatal cardiac surgery is common in some centres; however, the multi-centre variability and details of peritoneal catheter use are not well described. METHODS: Twenty-two-centre NEonatal and Pediatric Heart Renal Outcomes Network (NEPHRON) study to describe multi-centre peritoneal catheter use after STAT category 3-5 neonatal cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass...
June 20, 2023: Cardiology in the Young