Open AccessPeritoneal dialysis in children under two years of age
Author(s) -
Hanne Laakkonen,
Tuula Hölttä,
Tuula Lönnqvist,
Christer Holmberg,
Kai Rönnholm
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfn035
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , peritonitis , surgery , dialysis , pediatrics , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study
Although results of peritoneal dialysis (PD) in small children have improved during recent years, the youngest children have poorer growth, more infections and higher mortality than do older children.