Hemodialysis in Infants Under 1 Year of Age for Acute Poisoning

The Low‐weight Groups and Haemodialysis

“…In pediatrics haemodialysis is an accepted treatment in states of renal and prerenal fluid imbalance due to either organic or toxic causes (1,5). But the low-weight groups-babies and infants-are rarely included in published series (2)(3)(4). One disincentive has been that the instrumentation is designed primarily for adults, another that the tiny vessels make it exceedingly difficult to carry out the procedure on the smallest infants.…”