Dose of dialysis based on body surface area is markedly less in younger children than in older adolescents.
Daugirdas
John T
JT
University of Illinois at Chicago, 820 S. Wood Street, N/C 793, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. jtdaugir@uic.edu
Hanna
Melisha G
MG
Becker-Cohen
Rachel
R
Langman
Craig B
CB
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D001830:Body Surface Area; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood*
D014508:Urea