title: Dialysis: preventing hypophosphatemia during pediatric CRRT.
abstract: A recent report showed that hypophosphatemia is common in children undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy, and that adding phosphate to the replacement and dialysate solutions significantly reduced the incidence of this complication. Should such supplementation be routinely performed?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy. zaccaria.ricci@fastwebnet.it
authors.forename: Zaccaria
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ronco
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D017674:Hypophosphatemia / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy