Long term peritoneal dialysis in an anuric preterm infant - a futile treatment?
Klin Padiatr
; 224(2): 76-9, 2012 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21913163
ABSTRACT
The primarily anuric very low birth weight infant (VLBWI) is an ethical challenge for the attending doctor as well as for the parents. Long term peritoneal dialysis (PD) might provide an acceptable way in treating a primarily anuric VLBWI prior to kidney transplantation without endangering the child's neurologic development. We report a case of a VLBWI born at 30 weeks gestational age after anhydramnion for 5 weeks. Postnatally the neonate had persisting anuria and was successfully treated with peritonealdialysis for 31 months followed by hemodialysis for 12 months and eventually received a renal transplantion at the age of 43 months.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anuria
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Peritoneal Dialysis
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Medical Futility
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Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
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Infant, Premature, Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
Klin Padiatr
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany