Plasma pseudouridine levels reflect body size in children on hemodialysis.

Frank J O'BrienTammy L SirichAbigail TaussigEnrica FungLakshmi L GanesanNatalie S PlummerPaul BrakemanScott M SutherlandTimothy W Meyer

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2019)

Prescribing dialysis based on urea kinetics may leave uremic solutes at higher levels in small children. Measurement of a solute produced proportional to BSA may provide a better index of dialysis adequacy than measurement of urea.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
young adults
peritoneal dialysis
primary care
adverse drug