Circuit life span in critically ill children on continuous renal replacement treatment: a prospective observational evaluation study

Table 1 Data of patients and clinical characteristics (n = 122)

	Median	Range
Age, years	1.4	0.16–22
Weight, kg	8	2.5–85
Diagnoses	Number	Percentage
Cardiac surgery	54	44.2
Sepsis	22	18
Nephropaties	15	12.2
Oncologic diseases	10	8.2
Cardiopathies	8	6.5
Gastrointestinal surgery	3	2.4
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome	3	2.4
Metabolic diseases	3	2.4
Others	4	3.2
CRRT indication
Acute renal failure	51	42
Fluid overload	22	18
Acute renal failure plus fluid overload	39	32
Tumor lysis	5	4
Others	5	4
	Median	Range
Initial creatinine, mg/dL	2.4	0.1–7.8
Creatinine after 24 hours of CRRT, mg/dL	1.5	0.1–3.9
Initial urea, mg/dL	104	6–290
Urea after 24 hours of CRRT, mg/dL	67.2	11–199
	Number	Percentage
Mechanical ventilation	98	84.5
Inotropic drug support	89	73
	Mean	Standard deviation
PRISM score at the beginning of CRRT	14	8.3
PELOD score at the beginning of CRRT	14.6	8.0
Number of failed organs	3	72% >2 organs
	Number	Percentage
Survival	84	68.9

CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; PELOD, pediatric logistic organ dysfunction; PRISM, pediatric risk of mortality.

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