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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1975;18(8):590-593. Published online August 31, 1975.

Peritoneal Dialysis in a Child with Acute Renal Failure

Whi Dai Kim¹, Soo Ha Park¹, Sang Man Shin¹, Joon Sik Kim¹

¹Dept, of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Seoul, Korea

Abstract

A 7-year old boy was admitted to Dept, of Ped. of Kyung Hee University Hospital bacause of vomiting, oliguria, generalized edema and dark red urine since 3 days prior to admission. On admission, physical examinations showed puffy face, pretibial pitting edema and clear mental state. After admission, conservative therapies such as adequate fluid, diuretics, antihypertensives and diet control was taken. Neverthless general conditions were aggravated progressively, and associated with metabolic acidosis and hyperpotassemia. On the 8th hospital day, peritoneal dialysis was performed. We used plastic catheter and “Inperinol” as dialysis fluid. Two days after peritoneal dialysis, all subjective symptoms were improved and serum K, CO2 content, and BUN returned to normal value. He was dischrged with marked improvement. Review of literature was made briefly.

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