Feasibility of Peritoneal Dialysis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

• Main Authors: Francesco Macchini (Author), Agnese De Carli (Author), Sara Testa (Author), Rossella Arnoldi (Author), Stefano Ghirardello (Author), Gianluigi Ardissino (Author), Fabio Mosca (Author), Maurizio Torricelli (Author), Ernesto Leva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: EL-Med-Pub, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Acute renal injury is common in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with a frequency ranging from 8% to 24%. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been used only occasionally in ELBW. We report our experience and share the solutions used to tackle the difficulties rising from the small size of this typ...