title: Suprahepatic approach for peritoneal dialysis in neonatal cardiac surgery.
abstract: For peritoneal dialysis of neonates after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass, a Tenckhoff catheter was inserted via the sternotomy wound and guided suprahepatically into the abdomen. The technique was used in 84 neonates and found to be safe, simple, and reproducible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Dharmapuram
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anil Kumar
authors.forename: Timothy Boyd
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cartmill
authors.forename: Ivatury Mrutyunjaya
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000379:methods*