Long-term peritoneal dialysis in infants

Perit Dial Int. 2007 Jun:27 Suppl 2:S180-4.

Abstract

Although the numbers of infants requiring dialysis are small, management of these patients presents many challenges. Mortality is high in infants with comorbidities, complications of dialysis are common, and most of these infants need enteral feeding. However, the long-term outcome for otherwise healthy infants is comparable to that for older children.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dialysis Solutions / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Nutritional Status
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / adverse effects
  • Peritoneal Dialysis / methods*
  • Prognosis
  • Survival Rate

Substances

  • Dialysis Solutions