The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants

Background: While Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is a well established treatment modality for patients with acute kidney insufficiency (AKI), it is now also being used for the management of various illnesses such as acute metabolic disorders presenting with hyperammonemia and elevated l...

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Main Authors: Fatih Aygun, Deniz Aygun, Firuze Erbek Alp, Tanyel Zubarıoglu, Cigdem Zeybek, Halit Cam
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Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
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Deniz Aygun
Firuze Erbek Alp
Tanyel Zubarıoglu
Cigdem Zeybek
Halit Cam
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Halit Cam
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description Background: While Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is a well established treatment modality for patients with acute kidney insufficiency (AKI), it is now also being used for the management of various illnesses such as acute metabolic disorders presenting with hyperammonemia and elevated leucine levels. Herein, we aimed to describe our experience with CRRT in treatment of acute decompensation of 14 patients with a diagnosis of metabolic disorder who has been admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the last year. Methods: Patients who have had life threatening acute metabolic crisis due to various metabolic disorders and were treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Between November 2014 and December 2015, 14 patients were found to have received CRRT for various metabolic disorders in the PICU. Ten patients had hyperammonemia and four patients had elevated leucine levels. Nine patients were male and five were female. The age interval was between 2 days and 18 months, with a mean of 5.5 ± 7.4 months. The weight distribution was between 2.5 and 18 kg, with a mean of 7.3 ± 5.6 kg. Eleven patients received continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF), and 3 patients with MSUD received continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD). All patients have received high throughput hemodialysis and hemofiltration. The dialyzate rate was set to be minimum 4042 ml/h/1.73 m2, and maximum 12,900 ml/h/1.73 m2. Hemofiltration was performed with a replacement rate of 40–76 ml/kg/h. The average CRRT duration was 16.6 ± 15.6 h. Conclusions: We suggest that CRRT is an efficient method that can be used in hyperammonemia and elevated leucine levels which are metabolic emergencies.
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spelling doaj-art-a35484d0ac9a48bcb32dd04bf86d17722025-08-20T03:09:55ZengElsevierPediatrics and Neonatology1875-95722018-02-01591859010.1016/j.pedneo.2017.04.004The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infantsFatih Aygun0Deniz Aygun1Firuze Erbek Alp2Tanyel Zubarıoglu3Cigdem Zeybek4Halit Cam5Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Istanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. Fax: +90 (212) 6328633.Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Istanbul, TurkeyBackground: While Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is a well established treatment modality for patients with acute kidney insufficiency (AKI), it is now also being used for the management of various illnesses such as acute metabolic disorders presenting with hyperammonemia and elevated leucine levels. Herein, we aimed to describe our experience with CRRT in treatment of acute decompensation of 14 patients with a diagnosis of metabolic disorder who has been admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the last year. Methods: Patients who have had life threatening acute metabolic crisis due to various metabolic disorders and were treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Between November 2014 and December 2015, 14 patients were found to have received CRRT for various metabolic disorders in the PICU. Ten patients had hyperammonemia and four patients had elevated leucine levels. Nine patients were male and five were female. The age interval was between 2 days and 18 months, with a mean of 5.5 ± 7.4 months. The weight distribution was between 2.5 and 18 kg, with a mean of 7.3 ± 5.6 kg. Eleven patients received continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF), and 3 patients with MSUD received continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD). All patients have received high throughput hemodialysis and hemofiltration. The dialyzate rate was set to be minimum 4042 ml/h/1.73 m2, and maximum 12,900 ml/h/1.73 m2. Hemofiltration was performed with a replacement rate of 40–76 ml/kg/h. The average CRRT duration was 16.6 ± 15.6 h. Conclusions: We suggest that CRRT is an efficient method that can be used in hyperammonemia and elevated leucine levels which are metabolic emergencies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957217304333renal replacement therapymetabolic emergencyhyperammonemialeucinechild
spellingShingle Fatih Aygun
Deniz Aygun
Firuze Erbek Alp
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Cigdem Zeybek
Halit Cam
The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
Pediatrics and Neonatology
renal replacement therapy
metabolic emergency
hyperammonemia
leucine
child
title The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
title_full The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
title_fullStr The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
title_full_unstemmed The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
title_short The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
title_sort impact of continuous renal replacement therapy for metabolic disorders in infants
topic renal replacement therapy
metabolic emergency
hyperammonemia
leucine
child
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957217304333
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