Association Between Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy Clearance and Outcome in Pediatric Patients With Hyperammonemia Not Due to Inborn Error of Metabolism
CONCLUSIONS:
In our single-center retrospective study, we failed to find an association between clearance on CKRT and improved survival nor decreased cerebral edema on head imaging. In fact, we failed to find an association between ammonia level and mortality, after controlling for illness severity.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Brief Reports Source Type: research
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