Acute kidney injury (AKI) that requires renal replacement therapy is associated with a
mortality rate that exceeds 50% in the intensive care unit, which is greater than other serious …

Mortality rates among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal
replacement therapy typically exceed 50%, rates that have not improved significantly despite …

Importance Fluid overload after congenital heart surgery is frequent and a major cause of
morbidity and mortality among infants. Many programs have adopted the use of peritoneal …

Few studies have discussed the role of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in managing acute kidney
injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. The present study compares the outcome of AKI in …

Objective To investigate impact of prophylactic peritoneal dialysis (PD) on clinical outcomes
and inflammatory cytokines in children following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary …

Departments of* Anesthesiology and† Pediatrics, The Feinberg School of Medicine at
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA and Departments of‡ Pediatric Anesthesiology …

Cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass produces a generalized systemic
inflammatory response, resulting in increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Under …

Objective: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is used in several cardiac surgical units after cardiac
surgery, and early initiation of PD after surgery may have the potential to influence …

Background: In critically ill children, sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) has
significant morbidity and mortality. Aim: To estimate whether early initiation of peritoneal …

Background and aims: Hypercytokinemia is believed to be harmful and reducing cytokine
levels is considered beneficial. Extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) techniques have …