Peritoneal dialysis in children with sepsis associated AKI (SA-AKI): an experience in a low to middle income country.

Conclusions: Compared with standard PD, early PD in SA-AKI resulted in a favourable renal outcome, decreased duration of PD and early discontinuation of dialysis. Abbreviations : AKI: acute kidney injury; CRRT: continuous renal replacement therapy; CS-AKI: cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; ELAIN: early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury; ESCAPE: effect of strict blood pressure control and ACE inhibition on the progression of chronic kidney disease in paediatric patients; HIC: high-income countries; ISN: international society of nephrology; KDIGO: Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes; LMIC: low- to middle-income countries; PD: peritoneal dialysis; PICU: paediatric intensive care unit; RRT: renal replacement therapy; SA-AKI: sepsis-associated acute kidney injury; SYL: Saving Young Lives; SOFA: sequential (sepsis-related) organ failure assessment score; STARRT-AKI: standard versus accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury. PMID: 33455545 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Paediatr Int Child Health Source Type: research