Management of acute renal failure complicating cardiac surgery in infants and children.
Acute renal failure (ARF) is an important complication of cardiac surgery in children. The incidence is 8% and mortality ranges from 10-89%. Thus, these infants pose a formidable therapeutic challenge in management. This review is an attempt to present a brief discussion of normal renal functions in neonates and children followed by the discussions of problems of renal failure and management in children undergoing cardiac surgery.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000628:therapy; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000740:Anemia / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy; D007223:Infant; D007239:Infections / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000628:therapy