Dialysis therapy for children with acute renal failure: survey results

We surveyed 123 pediatric nephrologists to investigate the current dialytic management of acute renal failure (ARF) in children. Data collected from 9 2 responding physicians revealed that hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysi s (PD), and continuous renal replace ment therapy (CRRT) are currently used as the primary means of acute renal replacement therapy in a nearly equal percentage of centers. The preferential use of CRRT appears to be increasin g, while PD usage is decreasing except for the youngest infants and those p atients likely to develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Additional data c orrelating patient outcome to dialytic modality should be collected to comp are the efficacy of the three techniques.