Wesley N Hayes, Emma Laing, Rosemary Brown, Laura Silsby, Laura Smith, Helen Thomas, Fotini Kaloyirou, Rupa Sharma, James Griffiths, Helen Hume-Smith, Stephen D Marks, Nicos Kessaris, Martin Christian, Jan Dudley, Mohan Shenoy, Michal Malina, Mordi Muorah, Nicholas Ware, Pallavi Yadav, Ben Reynolds, William Bryant, Anastassia Spiridou, Jo Wray, Mark J Peters
Acute electrolyte and acid-base imbalance is experienced by many children following kidney transplant. This is partly because doctors give very large volumes of artificial fluids to keep the new kidney working. When severe, fluid imbalance can lead to seizures, cerebral edema and death. In this pragmatic, open-label, randomized controlled trial, we randomly assigned (1:1) pediatric kidney transplant recipients to Plasma-Lyte-148 or standard of care perioperative intravenous fluids (predominantly 0.45% sodium chloride and 0...
October 30, 2023: Kidney International