Heparin free dialysis in critically sick children using sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLEDD-f): A new hybrid therapy for dialysis in developing world.

Sidharth Kumar SethiShyam B BansalAnshika KhareManinder DhaliwalVeena RaghunathanNikita WadhwaniAshish NandwaniDinesh Kumar YadavAmit Kumar MahapatraRupesh Raina

Published in: PloS one (2018)

This study is the largest compiled data on pediatric SLEDD-f use in critically ill patients. Our study confirms the feasibility of heparin free SLEDD-f in a larger pediatric population, and even in children weighing <20 kg on inotropic support.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
young adults
venous thromboembolism
growth factor
electronic health record